THE EFFECTIVENESS OF MENTAL HEALTH TRAINING OF MOTHER AND CHILD ON PREGNANCY ANXIETY AND MENTAL HEALTH OF PRIMIGRAVIDA MOTHERS

The purpose of this research was to evaluate the effectiveness of the maternal and
child mental health training on anxiety and mental health of nulliparous pregnant women in Ahvaz Naft
(Oil) Hospital. The research method of this study was pretest-posttest and control group.
Materials & Methods :The sample consisted of all nulliparous pregnant women who visited the health
centers in Ahvaz Naft (Oil) Hospital in the winter of 1394. In terms of selecting samples, first a public
announcement was made to all volunteers willing to participate in this study. Then those who possessed
pregnancy entry criteria of 12 to32, were nulliparous pregnant women, and volunteered to attend the
mental health training sessions, were asked to complete the pregnancy anxiety test. From among those
who volunteered, 24 who scored higher than one standard deviation from the mean in the test, were
selected and randomly divided into two groups as experimental control. The experimental group
administered, 8 sessions of maternal and child mental health training but the control group did not
receive any intervention.
Results: The results indicated that there was a significant difference between experimental and control
group in mental health and pregnancy anxiety (P<0/001). The rate of pregnancy anxiety in experimental
group significantly decreased in comparison with pretest and control group, but The rate of mental health
in experimental group significantly increased (P<0/001) in compare with pretest and control group.
Conclusion: maternal and child mental health training significantly decreased the anxiety and increased
the mental health of nulliparous pregnant women