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Cesarean labor cognitive related variables in private and public hospitals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

S. Ghooshchianchoobmasjedi
Affiliation:
Tarbiat Moallem University of Psychology Department, Semnan, Iran
M. Dehghani
Affiliation:
Tarbiat Moallem University of Psychology Department, Semnan, Iran
S. Makvand Hosseini
Affiliation:
Tarbiat Moallem University of Psychology Department, Semnan, Iran

Abstract

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Introduction

Recent clinical reports show a sharp rise in the cesarean section rate, particularly in the private hospitals that might be affected by the cognitive variables.

Objectives

This research was to compare fear of pain, pain catastrophizing, catastrophic cognition and also childbirth attitude in private and public hospitals.

Aims

The main aim of this research was to compare fear of pain, pain catastrophizing, catastrophic cognition and also childbirth attitude in private and public hospitals.

Methods

Participants were (n = 150) pregnant women from private hospitals who were selected using available sampling method as well as (n = 150) pregnant women from public hospitals who were counter balanced on the basis of the age, education, previous number of deliveries, previous number of cesarean and type of hospital variables. Three questionnaires of fear of pain (FPQ) and catastrophic cognition (CCQ) and childbirth attitude (CAQ) as well as scale of pain catastrophizing (PCS) were administrated.

Results

Multivariate analyses of variance were shown significantly differences for two cognitive variables of “fear of pain” and “catastrophic cognition”, while no significant difference were observed for other variables.

Conclusions

These results suggested fear of pain and catastrophic cognition as important cognitive factors in the increase rate of cesarean labor in private hospitals.

Type
P02-397
Copyright
Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2011
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