A Comparative Study of Expectant Parents' Childbirth Expectations

準父母生產期望之比較

高碧琴(Bi-Chin Kao)；高美玲(Meei-Ling Gau)；吳祥鳳(Shian-Feng Wu)；郭碧照(Bih-Jaw Kuo)；李從業(Tsorng-Yeh Lee)

準父母 ； 生產期望 ； expectant parents ； childbirth expectations

The Journal of Nursing Research

12卷3期（2004 / 09 / 01）

191 - 202

英文

本研究目的在了解準父母之生產期望並比較準父母生產期望之差異。以方便取樣法，於台灣中部二所產科醫院選取妊娠滿36週、年滿18歲、產婦無產前合併症、願意參與研究之夫婦為樣本，共計200對夫妻參與研究。研究工具包括：準父母的基本人口學資料及準父母生產期望量表。研究結果顯示：（一）準父母的生產期望包含五個因素，分別為：醫療照護環境、產痛預期、配偶支持、控制與參與、醫護支持；（二）準父母整體生產期望並無差異；（三）準爸爸會因個人社經地位較高及接受過生產教育而有較高的生產期望，準媽媽則未因基本屬性不同而有差異。本研究結果有助於臨床醫護人員瞭解準父母對生產過程的期望及期望的差異，祈以改善醫療照護方式，並促進準父母擁有正向且滿意的生產經驗。

The purpose of this study was to understand childbirth expectations and differences in childbirth expectations among expectant parents. For convenience sampling, 200 couples willing to participate in this study were chosen from two hospitals in central Taiwan. Inclusion criteria were at least 36 weeks of gestation, aged 18 and above, no prenatal complications, and willing to consent to participate in this study. Instruments used to collect data included basic demographic data and the Childbirth Expectations Questionnaire. Findings of the study revealed that (1) five factors were identified by expectant parents regarding childbirth expectations including the caregiving environment, expectation of labor pain, spousal support, control and participation, and medical and nursing support; (2) no general differences were identified in the childbirth expectations between expectant fathers and expectant mothers; and (3) expectant fathers with a higher socioeconomic status and who had received prenatal (childbirth) education had higher childbirth expectations, whereas mothers displayed no differences in demographic characteristics. The study results may help clinical healthcare providers better understand differences in expectations during labor and birth and childbirth expectations by expectant parents in order to improve the medical and nursing system and promote positive childbirth experiences and satisfaction for expectant parents.

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