The effect of pregnant women's childbirth beliefs on fear of childbirth

This research links pregnant women's childbirth beliefs to their fear of childbirth. Data was collected from 292 pregnant women who visited the Non -Stress Test Room of a hospital in northern Turkey between March 22 and December 4, 2023. The simple linear regression model the model was significant and usable (F = 10.633, p = 0.001). The increase in pregnant women's belief that birth is a medical process (t = 3.261, p = 0.001, beta = 5.693) caused a statistical increase in their fear of childbirth. The most important variable that predicts the fear of childbirth variable of pregnant women is belief that childbirth is a medical process. In this Turkish sample, beliefs that childbirth is a natural process are more common than beliefs that childbirth is a medical process.