Abdollahpour Sedigheh, Khosravi Ahmad
Department of Midwifery, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Torbat Heydariyeh University of Medical Sciences, Torbat Heydariyeh, Iran.
Center or Health Related Social and Behavioral Sciences, Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Shahroud, Iran.
Iran J Nurs Midwifery Res. 2018 Jan-Feb;23(1):45-50. doi: 10.4103/ijnmr.IJNMR_39_16.
Spiritual intelligence is a person's ability to feel a connection to a higher power and a sacred entity. With regard to its relation with happiness, it can have an important effect on the mental health of pregnant women. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the relationship between spiritual intelligence and happiness and fear of childbirth in pregnant women.
This cross-sectional study was conducted on 245 low-risk pregnant women from June till September 2015. Using random cluster sampling method, the subjects were selected among the women who referred to health care centers in Shahroud (Northeast of Iran). After obtaining informed consent, the researchers evaluated the spiritual intelligence, happiness, and fear of childbirth. Data were analyzed using STATA12 and Chi-square test, -test, analysis of variance, and Strucrural Equation Model.
In this study, the spiritual intelligence mean (SD) score was 64.43(16.51). Comparison between mothers with and without fear of childbirth showed there was a significant difference between the spiritual intelligence score and happiness mean scores in these two groups. There is a negative correlation between spiritual intelligence and happiness with fear of childbirth (-0.73 and -0.69, respectively).
Increased level of spiritual intelligence in pregnant women can lead to an increase in their happiness and reduce their fear of childbirth. The fear of childbirth can be prevented via trainings to pregnant women about the components of spiritual intelligence; moreover, training the techniques to achieve more happiness can help mothers to reduce their fear of childbirth and hence promote natural childbirth.
精神智力是一个人感受与更高力量和神圣实体建立联系的能力。就其与幸福的关系而言，它可能对孕妇的心理健康产生重要影响。因此，本研究旨在调查孕妇的精神智力与幸福以及分娩恐惧之间的关系。
本横断面研究于2015年6月至9月对245名低风险孕妇进行。采用随机整群抽样方法，在转诊至伊朗东北部沙赫鲁德医疗保健中心的女性中选取研究对象。在获得知情同意后，研究人员对精神智力、幸福程度和分娩恐惧进行了评估。数据使用STATA12软件进行分析，采用卡方检验、t检验、方差分析和结构方程模型。
在本研究中，精神智力平均（标准差）得分为64.43（16.51）。有分娩恐惧和无分娩恐惧的母亲之间的比较显示，这两组在精神智力得分和幸福平均得分上存在显著差异。精神智力与幸福程度和分娩恐惧之间存在负相关（分别为-0.73和-0.69）。
孕妇精神智力水平的提高可导致其幸福感增加，并减轻其分娩恐惧。通过对孕妇进行关于精神智力组成部分的培训，可以预防分娩恐惧；此外，培训实现更多幸福的技巧可以帮助母亲减轻分娩恐惧，从而促进自然分娩。
