Comparsion of Maternal Tension in Easy, Difficult, and Preterm labbors

Delivery or childbirth is one of mother’s life experiences, sometimes associated with problems. The present study aimed to compare maternal tension in mothers who have had easy , difficult , and preterm labbors .
This study was conducted with a comparative cross-sectional descriptive method. The study population was all mothers, who had been referred to medical centers in Tabriz city during 2013. Accordingly , 180 mothers were selected with convenience sampling and completed parenting stress index. Cronbach's alpha reliability was 0/93. Data were analyzed using the SPSS software and one way ANOVAs analysis of Variance.
Finding showed that there was a significant difference between three groups with easy, difficult, and preterm deliveries in parenting stress (F= 3/60, pCoclusions : Given the results of the present study as well as previous studies , it could be concluded that having preterm and difficult deliveries hase a negative effect on mother-child relationship and the experince of psychical labbor effect mother,s cognition.