Journal of Education and Health Promotion

Promotion of posttraumatic stress disorder following traumatic birth experiences and the influence of maternity religious Attitude: A correlational study

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

. Sedighe Alipanahpour
. Mahnaz Zarshenas 1
. Marzieh Akbarzadeh 2

1 Department of Midwifery, Community Based Psychiatric Care Research Center, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

2 Department of Midwifery, Maternal‑Fetal Medicine Research Center, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

Abstract
BACKGROUND: Women who experience stillbirth and preterm delivery are likely to be associated
with an increased risk of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) compared to women with live births
and dose religious attitude related to posttraumatic stress? The aim of the study was promotion PTSD
following traumatic birth experiences and the influence of maternity religious Attitude.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: A cross‑sectional analytical study was conducted at selected hospitals
of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences on 82 subjects in 2018. The instruments were demographic
questionnaire, Religious Attitude questionnaire, and Mississippi PTSD Scale which were completed
after delivery. Data were analyzed using SPSS software, version 22, using the Pearson correlation test.
RESULTS: About 75% stillbirth group and 65% of the preterm delivery group had a high level of
religious attitude. In the stillbirth group, 90% had high levels of PTSD and in the preterm delivery
group, 90% had moderate stress, and 10% had high PTSD levels. The correlation between religious
attitude and PTSD after stillbirth was 0.373 with a significance level of 0.018. Therefore, there was
a significant positive relationship between religious attitude and PTSD. However, the relationship
between religious attitude and PTSD after preterm delivery was not statistically significant (P = 0.158).
CONCLUSION: PTSD was significantly higher in mothers with stillbirth and had a significant
relationship with religious attitude. However, in mothers of preterm infants, the level of stress was
moderate and did not have a significant relationship with religious attitude. The findings indicate the
need of mothers for interventions to cope better with the physical and psychological problems of
stillbirth and preterm delivery.

Keywords

Attitude
posttraumatic stress
preterm delivery
religious
stillbirth
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Journal of Education and Health Promotion
Volume 11, Issue 9
October 2021
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