ERKEN POSTPARTUM DÖNEMDE ANNELERIN VAJINAL DOĞUM SONRASI ANKSIYETE DÜZEYLERI ILE TABURCULUĞA HAZIR OLUŞLUKLARI ARASINDAKI İLIŞKI

Abstract

Aim: The present study aimed to determine whether there was a relationship between anxiety and discharge readiness during early postpartum period in women who had given birth via vaginal delivery. Method: The sample of study consisted of 93 mothers hospitalized in our postpartum ward after vaginal delivery. Research data were collected using “Personal Information Form”, “State scale of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory(STAI)” and “Readiness for Hospital Discharge Scale–New Mother Form(RHD-NMF)”. Descriptive statistics, Student’s t-test, one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA), Tukey’s test and Pearson’s correlation coefficients were used in evaluation of the data. Results: The mean age of the mothers included in the study was 25.37±5.40 years. The mean STAI and RHD-NMF scores of the mothers were 35.15±9.59 and 145.64±32.35, respectively. It was determined that 11.8% of mothers were not ready for discharge and 39.8% had anxiety. A statistically significant moderate negative correlation was found between STAI and RHD-NMF scores (r=-0,445; p