TY - JOUR ID - 697177 TI - Examining the Effect of Attending Childbirth Preparation Classes on Prepartum and Postpartum Maternal Mental Well-being Index JO - Journal of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Cancer Research JA - JOGCR LA - en SN - 2645-3991 AU - Mehrabadi, Maryam AU - Mortazavi, Forough AU - Rakhshani, Mohammad Hassan AD - MSc of Midwifery, Health Chancellery, Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences, Sabzevar, Iran AD - Associate Professor, Department of Midwifery, School of Medicine, Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences, Sabzevar, Iran AD - Assistant Professor, Department of Biostatistics, Faculty of Health, Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences, Sabzevar, Iran Y1 - 2022 PY - 2022 VL - 4 IS - 2 SP - 69 EP - 74 KW - Childbirth KW - mental well-being KW - Postpartum KW - Prenatal education DO - 10.30699/jogcr.4.2.69 N2 - Background & Objective: Childbirth preparation classes are planned to make the delivery more pleasant and reduce the number of cesarean sections. This study aimed to examine the effect of attending childbirth preparation classes on prepartum and postpartum maternal mental well-being. Materials & Methods: This single-blind clinical trial was conducted in Sabzevar healthcare centers. 120 nulliparous women were selected in 2017, applying a convenience sampling method, and randomly divided into two equal groups, intervention and control. The intervention group (at 20 weeks to 38 weeks of gestation) participated in 8, 90-minute sessions of the childbirth preparation classes; however, the control group only received the routine prenatal care. Before and after the intervention and 14 days after the delivery, the maternal mental well-being questionnaire was completed by the mothers and then analyzed by the repeated-measures ANOVA. Results: Results showed that the mean score of the intervention group’s maternal mental well-being index (73.7±1.8) was significantly higher than that of the control group (65.5±2.1) (P < /em><0.001). Moreover, the trend of changes in the scores of this index was different in the two groups and did not change in the intervention group from pretest to posttest and follow-up, while it decreased in the control group (P < /em><0.048). Conclusion: Although maternal mental well-being reduces in the second half of pregnancy until after giving birth, attending childbirth preparation classes stabilizes prepartum and postpartum maternal mental well-being. UR - https://www.jogcr.com/article_697177.html L1 - https://www.jogcr.com/article_697177_2d2255a8ea586330fae48ce4f6f8535b.pdf ER -