Effect of Taegyo-focused Prenatal Education on Maternal-fetal Attachment and Self-efficacy Related to Childbirth.
10.4040/jkan.2004.34.8.1409
- Author:
SoonBok CHANG
1
;
Somi PARK
;
ChaeWeon CHUNG
Author Information
1. College of Nursing, Yonsei University, RIHHHPC, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article ; Evaluation Studies
- Keywords:
Taegyo;
Attachment;
Self-efficacy
- MeSH:
Adult;
Attitude to Health/ethnology;
Curriculum;
Female;
Health Education/organization & administration;
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice;
Humans;
Love;
Maternal-Child Nursing/organization & administration;
Maternal-Fetal Relations/*ethnology;
*Medicine, East Asian Traditional;
*Mothers/education/psychology;
Motivation;
Nurse Midwives/organization & administration;
Nursing Evaluation Research;
Nursing Methodology Research;
Object Attachment;
Parturition/*ethnology;
Pregnancy;
Prenatal Care/*organization & administration;
Program Evaluation;
Questionnaires;
*Self Efficacy;
Writing
- From:
Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing
2004;34(8):1409-1415
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: To examine the effect of Taegyo-focused prenatal classes on maternal-fetal attachment and self-efficacy related to childbirth. METHODS: Over 4 weeks, 49 women, 20 to 36 weeks of gestation participated in a prenatal program led by the nurse who developed it. In addition to Lamaze content it included; understanding ability of fetus to respond, sharing motivation, purpose of pregnancy, and preconceptions of experiencing childbirth, training in maternal- fetal interaction, writing letters and making a declaration of love to unborn baby. Using a pre- experimental design, data were collected by self-report, before and after program, using Cranley's Maternal-Fetal Attachment Scale (1981), and Shin's (1997) Labor Self-Efficacy Measurement. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Paired t-test showed significant changes in scores of maternal-fetal attachment (t=6.91. p<.001) and self-efficacy related to childbirth (t=10.19, p<.001). Taegyo opens the possibility of integrating Western ideas with Korean traditional health behavior. Incorporation of Taegyo into existing prenatal classes is recommended.
