Kerime Derya Beydag
Okan University, Turkey
Title: Prenatal attachment ımpactıng women who are pregnant lıvıng ın two cıtıes ın Turkey
Biography
Biography: Kerime Derya Beydag
Abstract
Background: The most important decision of humans in their lifetime is having a baby. Wish of being mother bears a great importance in women's life, having babies provides continuning human's generations. Whereas pregnancy is a physological process which women live important biological differencies, it is also a process can be defined as a sociological, physcological, complexive crisis. It is important that adopting mother role in the future in mean time Purpose: This research was carried out to determine prenatal attachment grades and its effecting factors of pregnants living in two different cities placed in west and east sides of Turkey. Methods: The research was carried out in three different hospitals which service in İstanbul and Kars. Environmment of this research is consisted of pregnants applied those hospitals in told above. Sampling of the research is consisted of 5173 pregnants applied to and aggreed the research in the hospitals above between November 2014 and June 2015. Collecting data 'Personal Datum Form' and ' Prenatal Attachment Inventory' were used. Evaluating data, percentage, avergae and standart deviation and ANOVA test were used. Results: Prenatal attachment grades of the pregnants living in Kars city : 60,57±9,20; Prenatal attachment grades of the pregnants living in İstanbul : 59,16±10,82. Average of prenatal attachment of all pregnants involved in the research 59,89±10,03. Prenatal attachment grades of the pregnants who are above of 40 years old, piramary school graduated, are not working, whose income is lesser than their incomes, live in a crowded house and whose marriage time is more than 11 years, is lower than other participants. (p<0,05).Pregnancy numbers of pregnants, situation whether the pregnancy is planned or not, that who decided the pregnancy, living children numbers, having handicapped childs and case of getting pregnant with treatment has got meaningful differencies with prenatal attachment of pregnants (p<0,05); there is no statistical meaningful differencies with pregnancy month and prenatal attachment grades. (p>0,05). Prenatal attachment grades of the pregnant who go to contols in fewer times, have no education and do not make sufficient controls during their pregnancies are stated lower. (p<0,05). Conclusions: Evaluation of prenatal attachment grades of all pregnants until detection of pregnancy are suggested and lower ones ought to be followed closely.