Volume 24, Issue 104, July - August, 2020

Fear of childbirth at third trimester in hung vuong hospital, Vietnam

Huynh Nguyen Khanh Trang¹, Hoang Thi Diem Tuyet², Trieu Thi Ngoc Diep³, Ngo Minh Xuan^4♦

¹Pham Ngoc Thach University of Medicine, Vietnam
²Hung Vuong hospital of obstetrics and gynecology, Vietnam
³Ho Chi Minh City University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Vietnam
⁴Pham Ngoc Thach University of Medicine, Vietnam

^♦Corresponding author
Pham Ngoc Thach University of Medicine, Vietnam Email: xuanlien62@pnt.edu.vn

ABSTRACT

Fear is a natural and necessary emotion, responding to exogenous factors to protect and bring about a sense of security for each individual. During pregnancy, fear helps pregnant women prepare fully a good birth. However, when fear is uncontrolled, it affects heavily to the physical and mental well-being of women known as "fear of childbirth - FOC". Objectives: To determine the prevalence of FOC among pregnant women in the third trimester of pregnancy at Hung Vuong hospital and some related factors. Methods: A cross-sectional study of 385 women in the third trimester of antenatal care at Hung Vuong Hospital met the criteria for sample selection from November 1, 2018 to November 30, 2019. Results: The prevalence of FOB was 30.91% 95%CI [26.29 - 35.53]. In which: in comparison group, the nulliparity was 34.57% CI 95% [29.82-39.32] and the multiparity was 28.25% with 95% CI [26.41-35.41]. Some factors related to the fear of childbirth: (1) Living with husband with OR = 0.20; 95% CI [0.15 - 0.48]; p = 0.02; (2) Childbirth with vagina operator with OR = 47.87; 95% CI [16.7-136.8], p <0.001; (3) The increase of gestational age (for every standard deviation increase by 23 days) with OR = 2.3, 95% CI [1.9 - 2.7], p <0.001 ; (4) Refer to information from books and newspapers with OR = 2.5, 95% CI [1.7 - 3.5], p <0.001; (5) Refer to information from health workers with OR = 0.15; 95% confidence interval [0.1 - 0.2], p <0.001. Conclusion: Fear of childbirth is a very important issue in pregnancy examination and management.

Keywords: Fear of childbirth, cross-sectional study, cut-off, fear of birth scale

Medical Science, 2020, 24(104), 2504-2510

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