THE EFFECT OF MOTHERS GROUP EDICATION ON MATERNAL SATISFACTION AND PAIN INTENSITY

Lack of training and preparation is the main cause of the increasing of medical
interventions in mothers with maternal and fetal complications. Women's satisfaction from childbirth
experience, service providers, policy makers, health care systems are among the the most important
indicators of quality of care systems. The aim of this study was to survey the effect of mothers' Group
Edication on maternal satisfaction and pain intensity in mothers referred to health centers in Zanjan, in
2013.
Materials & Methods: In this interventional and quasi-experimental study, 280 primipara pregnant
women, who were referred to the medical centers of Zanjan in 2013-2014, were selected through
stratified cluster sampling method, and they were randomly assigned in two groups of experimental and
control. Eight sessions of 90-minute pregnancy readiness classes were held for the experimental group,
while mothers in the control group were received the usual education. A questionnaire was used to
collect the data in two phases of pre-test and post-test, then they were analyzed using SPSS through chi
square, Fischer, and t-test.
Results: According to the results, there was no significant difference between the two groups in terms
of age, Body Mass Index (BMI), education level, gestational age, and employment status. The preintervention pain intensity was not significantly different; however, the pain intensity at 3-4 cm dilation
and 7-8 cm dilation in the physiologic labor group was significantly less than in the control group (p =
0.001). The results showed significant differences between birth mothers' satisfaction in both trained
and untrained mothers (p <0.000).
Conclusions: The findings show the effect of mothers education on pain intensity and mothers'
satisfaction. The widespread use of physiologic labor could improve qualitative indicators for maternal
health.