J Nurs Acad Soc.  1986 Aug;16(2):29-35.

A Study on Anxiety of the Hospitalized Pregnant Women for Conducting Labor

• Park YS
• Hur Y

Abstract

The Purposes of this study are for the assessment of anxiety level and for identification for factors relating to the anxiety of the normal pregnant women who are impendign or entering labor. The State-Trait Anxiety Inventory is used as the measure of anxiety. The results of the study are as follows; 1. The correlation between state-anxiety and trait-anxiety is 0.459 and the linear regression is y(State-anxiety) =0.251x(Trait-anxiety)+29.27. 2. The maternal state-anxiety is not related to the variables of the age the educational level, the occupation, the prenatal care, parity, show, labor pain and delivery type except for the premature or early rupture of the fetal membranes. 3. The maternal trait-anxiety is not related to the above-mentioned variables.

MeSH Terms

Anxiety*
Extraembryonic Membranes
Female
Humans
Labor Pain
Linear Models
Occupations
Parity
Pregnancy
Pregnant Women*
Prenatal Care
Rupture