TY - JOUR JF - JABS JO - JABS VL - 4 IS - 2 PY - 2014 Y1 - 2014/9/01 TI - Investigating Different Factors of Fear in Normal Delivery among Pregnant Women, in Arak -A Cross Sectional Study TT - بررسی دلایل و عوامل مرتبط با ترس از زایمان طبیعی در زنان باردار شهر اراک - یک مطالعه مقطعی N2 - Background & Objective: This study was designed to investigate the causes and factors related to natural childbirth among pregnant women who attended prenatal care of Arak. Materials & Methods: This cross-sectional study   was carried out among 595 women who attended to prenatal care of Arak. Five hospitals were selected randomly. Only the pregnant women who wish to complete the questionnaire were enrolled in the study. The data were analyzed using chi-square test, t-test, the Mann-Whitney –u test, x2, Friedman Test through SPSS16 software. Results: The average sample age was 26 ±5.3 years. The mean score for nulliparous women on the Fear of Childbirth Questionnaire (26.2 ± 7.8) was significantly higher than that of multiparous women (23.9 ± 7.9), p SP - 161 EP - 167 AU - Khorsandi, Mahboubeh AU - Vakilian, Katayon AU - Nasir zadeh Masooleh, Mona AD - Nursing Midwifery School, Arak University of Medical Science, Arak, Iran KW - fear of childbirth KW - cesarean KW - pregnant women KW - Normal delivery UR - http://jabs.fums.ac.ir/article-1-268-en.html ER -