Factors Related to Fatigue Among Expectant Fathers Having Wives with High-risk Pregnancy
Keywords:
Anxiety, Social support, Fatigue, Expectant father, Wives with a high-risk pregnancyAbstract
Expectant fathers whose wives have high-risk pregnancies, report experiencing fatigue which causes physical and mental health problems. The aim of this descriptive correlation research was to study the relationship between anxiety, social support and fatigue amongst this particular group. Suitable participants were identified in the antenatal care unit at Maharaj Nakorn Chiang Mai Hospital and Chiang Mai Health Promotion Center Region 1 between 1st February 2018 and 4th May 2018. Purposive sampling was used to recruit 85 participants with relevant inclusion criteria for this study. The research tools were The Modified Fatigue Symptoms by Pugh, Milligan, Parks, Lenz, & Kitzmen (1999), translated into Thai by Theerakulchai (2004); the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory [STAI] form Y-1 by Spielberger (1983), translated into Thai by Nontasak, Aemsupasit and Thapinta (1991); and the Social Support questionnaire for expectant fathers of high-risk pregnant wives by Naewchalee (2007). Descriptive statistics and Pearson's correlation coefficient were used to analyze the data.
The results of the study revealed that the majority of expectant fathers (76.47%) had low fatigue, 21.18% had moderate fatigue, and 2.35% had high fatigue. Their average score of fatigue was 51.57 (S.D. = 15.36). Anxiety had a positive correlation with fatigue in this expectant father group (r = .468, p < .01). Social support had a negative correlation for them with fatigue (r = -.236, p < .05).
The results of the study can be used to help nurse practitioners to pay attention to fatigue with associated anxiety and lack of social support among these expectant fathers with high risk pregnant wives.
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