Factors Related to Stress of Expectant Fathers During Hospitalization of High Risk Pregnant Wives
Keywords:
The father, High risk pregnancy, strain, Social support, Uncertain feelingsAbstract
Stress can significantly impact the physical, psychological, and social health of expectant fathers. Moreover, expectant fathers’ stress can be increase if their pregnant wives have complications and are diagnosed as having a high-risk pregnancy requiring admission to hospital. This descriptive correlational research aimed to explore the relationship between social support, uncertainty, age, and pregnancy planning with expectant fathers’ stress during hospitalization of high risk pregnant wives. The subjects were 85 expectant fathers who had high risk pregnant wives admitted to Maharaj Nakorn Chiang Mai Hospital and Health Promotion Region 1 Hospital, Chiang Mai, from September 2014 to January 2015. The research instruments used were the Perceived Stress Scale by Cohen et al (1983), Thai version, by Wongpakaran &Wongpakaran (2010), the Social Support questionnaire for expectant fathers of high risk pregnant wives questionnaire by Naewchalee (2007), and the Uncertainty questionnaire for expectant fathers of high risk pregnant wives by Naewchalee (2007). Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Pearson's product moment correlation coefficient, and point biserial correlation coefficient.
Results of the study revealed that:
- The majority of expectant fathers (68.20%) had a moderate level of stress with a mean score of 17.08 (S.D. = 5.31);
- Most expectant fathers (62.40%) had a high level of social support with a mean score of 75.71 (S.D. = 11.31);
- Most expectant fathers (68.20%) had a moderate level of uncertainty with a mean score of 87.32 (S.D. = 18.34);
- Social support had a negatively significant correlation with the stress (r= -.306,
P < .01);
- Uncertainty had a positively significant correlation with stress (r = .398, P < .01); and
- Pregnancy planning had a negatively significant correlation with stress (r = -.295,
P < .05).
Therefore, the health care providers/midwives should consider assessing uncertainly and social support of expectant fathers in order to plan effective nursing care to prevent stress for expectant fathers during hospitalization of high risk pregnant wives.
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