Determination of Pregnant Women's Views on Fasting and Religious Attitudes: A Cross-sectional Study in Türkiye

Yıl 2024, Cilt: 9 Sayı: 4, 305 - 312

Nurdan Kaya Yılmaz , Nazlı Baltacı , Emel Odabaşoğlu

https://doi.org/10.26453/otjhs.1479717

Öz

Objective: This study aims to determine pregnant women's views on Ramadan fasting, their religious attitudes, and the relationship between them.
Materials and Methods: The study was designed as a descriptive and cross-sectional study and was conducted from the July-October 2021 with 252 pregnant women. The data were collected using the "Pregnancy Identification Form", "Opinions on Fasting During Pregnancy Form", and "Religious Attitude Scale".
Results: Of the pregnant women, 37.7% stated that Ramadan fasting should not be practised during pregnancy, according to Islam, and 29.0% of the pregnant women stated that they fasted during Ramadan. Pregnant women were found to have a high level of religious attitude with a mean total score of 35.57±5.62. The mean behavioral subscale score of women who fasted during Ramadan during pregnancy was lower than the mean score of women who did not fast (p=0.023).
Conclusions: It was found that one out of every three women fasted during pregnancy, their knowledge and opinions about fasting during pregnancy were insufficient, and they did not know the effects of fasting on maternal and infant health. Women who did not fast during pregnancy were found to have higher religious attitudes than those who fasted.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Fasting, pregnancy, religion

Etik Beyan

Our study was approved by the Ondokuz Mayıs University Social and Human Sciences Ethics Committee (Date: 28.05.2021, decision no: 2021/461). The study was carried out following the international declaration and guidelines.

Teşekkür

We would like to express our deep gratitude to the hospital where the research was conducted and all pregnant women participating in the study.

Gebe Kadınların Oruç Tutmaya İlişkin Görüşlerinin ve Dini Tutumlarının Belirlenmesi: Türkiye’de Kesitsel Bir Çalışma

Öz

Amaç: Bu çalışmanın amacı; gebe kadınların oruç tutmaya ilişkin görüşleri ile dini tutumlarının ve bunlar arasındaki ilişkinin belirlenmesidir.
Materyal ve Metot: Çalışma, tanımlayıcı ve kesitsel olarak tasarlandı ve Temmuz-Ekim 2021 tarihleri arasında 252 gebe kadınla gerçekleştirildi. Veriler “Gebe Tanımlama Formu”, “Gebelikte Oruç Tutmaya İlişkin Görüşler Formu” ve “Dini Tutum Ölçeği” kullanılarak toplandı.
Bulgular: Gebelerin %37,7’si İslam dinine göre gebelikte oruç tutulmaması gerektiğini, %29,0’ının gebeliğinde ramazan orucu tuttuğunu ifade etti. Gebelerin DTÖ toplam puan ortalaması 35,57±5,62 ile yüksek düzeyde dini tutuma sahip olduğu bulundu. Gebeliğinde ramazan orucu tutan kadınların davranışsal alt boyut puan ortalaması, tutmayan kadınların puan ortalamasına göre daha düşüktür (p=0,023).
Sonuç: Her üç kadından birinin gebelikte oruç tuttuğu, gebelikte oruç tutmaya ilişkin bilgi ve görüşlerinin yetersiz olduğu, oruç tutmanın anne ve bebek sağlığına etkilerini bilmediği ortaya çıkmıştır. Gebeliğinde oruç tutmayan kadınların dini tutumlarının, tutanlara göre daha yüksek olduğu belirlendi.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Din, gebelik, oruç

Etik Beyan

Our study was approved by the Ondokuz Mayıs University Social and Human Sciences Ethics Committee (Date: 28.05.2021, decision no: 2021/461). The study was carried out following the international declaration and guidelines.

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