Midwifery Department, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
BMC Psychiatry. 2021 Apr 23;21(1):208. doi: 10.1186/s12888-021-03217-y.
Pregnancy is a challenging period for mothers and fathers. This study aimed to investigate the effect of counseling on stress and anxiety levels of fathers.
This randomized controlled trial was conducted on 102 spouses of pregnant women in Ardabil, Iran. The participants were randomly assigned to intervention and control groups. The intervention group attended four 60-min counseling sessions at weekly intervals. The perceived stress and anxiety questionnaires were completed before and 4 weeks after the intervention.
The mean scores of state anxiety in the intervention group decreased significantly 4 weeks after the intervention compared with the control group (MD: -2.4; 95%CI: - 4.7 to - 0.2; p = 0.030). Four weeks after the intervention, no significant difference was found between the two groups in terms of trait anxiety (p = 0.472) and perceived stress (p = 0.635).
The findings indicate that counseling reduced state anxiety in expectant fathers; therefore, this intervention is recommended to be used to reduce fathers' anxiety.
IRCT2017042910324N38 . Registered 25 June 2017.
怀孕对于母亲和父亲来说是一个充满挑战的时期。本研究旨在探讨咨询对父亲压力和焦虑水平的影响。
这是一项在伊朗阿尔达比勒进行的随机对照试验，共有 102 名孕妇的配偶参与。参与者被随机分配到干预组和对照组。干预组每周参加 4 次 60 分钟的咨询。在干预前和干预后 4 周完成感知压力和焦虑问卷。
干预组的状态焦虑评分在干预后 4 周显著下降，与对照组相比（MD：-2.4；95%CI：-4.7 至-0.2；p=0.030）。干预后 4 周，两组间特质焦虑（p=0.472）和感知压力（p=0.635）无显著差异。
研究结果表明，咨询可降低准父亲的状态焦虑，因此建议采用这种干预措施来降低父亲的焦虑。
IRCT2017042910324N38。注册于 2017 年 6 月 25 日。
