Comparison of primipara’s women perception of pain, fear and anxiety of vaginal delivery among Persian, Kurdish and Turkish women

Abstract

Background: Fear, anxiety and pain of delivery have the important role in the passing way of the delivery process. Some clear-sighted people believ that threshold of pain differs among ethnic groups. Therefore, this study was conducted to compare primipara’s women perception of pain, fear and anxiety of vaginal delivery among Persian, Kurdish and Turkish women.Methods: In this descriptive-analytical study, 450 primipara’s women selected from general hospitals of Shiraz, Tabriz and Kermanshah city using multistep random-sampling method were assessed. Data collection was done using questionnaire and visual analogue scale of pain (VAS). Data were analyzed using descriptive and analytic statistics (mann-withneyu, Kruskal-wallis) and SPSS.16 software. In this study statistically P