Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Fear of Childbirth in Pregnant Women After the 2023 Earthquake in Türkiye: A Descriptive Cross-Sectional Study.

Introduction: The aim of this research is to investigate the post-traumatic stress levels and the fear of childbirth of pregnant women who experienced 2023 Türkiye earthquakes. Methods: The research was conducted between March-May 2023 with 311 pregnant women. Online survey was sent to pregnant wome...

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Publicado en:Lokman Hekim Health Sciences Vol. 5; no. 2; pp. 119 - 132
Autores principales: Çerçer, Zehra, Güngör, Serap, Acavut, Gamze
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Publicado: KARE Publishing Aug2025
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        atl: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Fear of Childbirth in Pregnant Women After the 2023 Earthquake in Türkiye: A Descriptive Cross-Sectional Study.
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          Çerçer, Zehra
          Güngör, Serap
          Acavut, Gamze
        affil: Department of Midwifery, Gaziantep İslam Science and Technology University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Gaziantep, Türkiye.
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          Expectant Mothers Psychosocial Factors
          Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
          Childbirth
          Fear
          Natural Disasters Turkiye
          Human
          Female
          Adult
          Descriptive Research
          Cross Sectional Studies
          Checklists
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          One-Way Analysis of Variance
          Pearson's Correlation Coefficient
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          Sociodemographic Factors
          Snowball Sample
          Data Analysis Software
          Post Hoc Analysis
          Turkiye
          Adult: 19-44 years
          Female
      ab: Introduction: The aim of this research is to investigate the post-traumatic stress levels and the fear of childbirth of pregnant women who experienced 2023 Türkiye earthquakes. Methods: The research was conducted between March-May 2023 with 311 pregnant women. Online survey was sent to pregnant women living in 11 provinces affected by the earthquake. "Personal Information and Earthquake Experience Form", "DSM-5 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist (PCL-5)" and "Childbirth Fear Scale (CFS)" were used for data collection. Student's t test, One-Way ANOVA, Pearson Correlation were used for statistical tests. Results: The mean PCL-5 total score of pregnants was 58.99±13.93 and the mean CFS total score was 72.94±12.03. The prevalence rate of post-traumatic stress disorder was 80%. A low level but not statistically significant correlation was found between PCL-5 total and CFS total. A significant correlation was found between some variables related to earthquake experiences and socio-demographic characteristics of pregnant women and PCL-5 and CFS. Discussion and Conclusion: It was concluded that the prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms and fear of childbirth was high among pregnant women who experienced earthquake. The results of the study provide a source of information about post-traumatic stress and fear of childbirth for nurses caring for pregnants in the field after the earthquake.
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