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  • Effectiveness of a Labor-Ad...
    Liang, Hui-Min; Gau, Meei-Ling; Chen, Chie-Pein; Liu, Chieh-Yu

    Hu li za zhi 66, Številka: 2
    Journal Article

    The process of hospital admission undergone by expectant mothers readily induces feelings of loss of control, anxiousness, and uncertainty. Thus, education to promote the proper response of women to their impending hospital admission may be beneficial in terms of minimizing the number of labor-related hospital trips and the wastage of medical resources. To explore the effects a labor-admission education program on perceived anxiousness, uncertainty, locus of control, and labor outcomes in expectant mothers. A quasi-experimental research design was used to recruit participants. Eligible participants were primipara women who were expected to experience a complications-free pregnancy with a single fetus. A total of 151 participants were enrolled, with 76 assigned to the experimental group and 75 assigned to the control group. The experimental group received the labor and delivery education program intervention while the control group received standard nursing guidance. Participants received the education program