Status Quo of Maternal-Fetal Attachment in Late Pregnancy and Its Correlation with Fear of Childbirth
Objective To investigate the status quo of maternal-fetal attachment in late pregnant women,analyze the influencing factors,and explore its correlation with fear of childbirth,so as to provide scientific basis for implementing intervention measures.Methods A total of 329 women in the late pregnancy from a tertiary A hospital in Jinan were selected as subjects by convenience sampling method.Childbirth attitude scale and prenatal attachment questionnaire were used to investigate the subjects.Results The total score of fear of childbirth and maternal-fetal attachment was(29.12±6.39)and(48.54±7.85).There were sig-nificant differences in maternal-fetal attachment scores among women with different age,parity,education level,planned pregnancy,pregnancy complications and depression during pregnancy(all P<0.05).Fear of childbirth was negatively correlated with maternal fetal attachment score(r=-0.471,P<0.001).Age,parity,long-term residence,education level,planned pregnancy,sleep duration during pregnancy ≥10 h/d,pregnancy complications and depression during pregnancy were the influencing factors of maternal-fetal attachment(allP<0.05).Conclusions The fear of childbirth and maternal-fetal attachment in late pregnancy are at a medium level with negatively correlated.Medical personnel can take targeted intervention measures to pre-vent the occurrence of fear of childbirth,so as to improve the maternal-fetal attachment.
late pregnancyfear of childbirthmaternal-fetal attachmentcross-sectional studycorrelation