Examining online information-seeking behaviours and antenatal anxiety of expectant fathers. 2023

Duygu Güleç Şatır
Department of Women Health and Diseases Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Ege University, Bornova, Izmir 35100, Turkey. Electronic address: duygu.gulec@ege.edu.tr.

This study was designed to examine online information-seeking behaviours of expectant fathers regarding pregnancy and birth and their antenatal anxiety. The present study was conducted using 120 expectant fathers who accompanied their wives to the maternity outpatient clinic in western Turkey, İzmir Province. The fathers' anxiety levels were assessed using a trait anxiety subscale of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), which is a validated test for scoring trait anxiety (basal anxiety, STAI-T). The results showed that 92.5% of the expectant fathers searched for information online during pregnancy. They most frequently searched for the following topics: foetal development, complications to pregnancy and nutrition. The mean total trait anxiety scale score of the expectant fathers was 47.35 ± 6.98 (range = 31-62). The anxiety scores of the expectant fathers who searched for information on topics related to vaccination during pregnancy, exercise, antenatal tests, labour pain and childbirth signs were high. Health professionals should consider the information needs and concerns of expectant fathers during pregnancy while providing family-centred care.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D011247 Pregnancy The status during which female mammals carry their developing young (EMBRYOS or FETUSES) in utero before birth, beginning from FERTILIZATION to BIRTH. Gestation,Pregnancies
D005220 Fathers Male parents, human or animal. Father
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D001007 Anxiety Feelings or emotions of dread, apprehension, and impending disaster but not disabling as with ANXIETY DISORDERS. Angst,Anxiousness,Hypervigilance,Nervousness,Social Anxiety,Anxieties, Social,Anxiety, Social,Social Anxieties
D014421 Turkey Country in Southeastern Europe and Southwestern Asia bordering the Black Sea, between Bulgaria and Georgia, and bordering the Aegean Sea and the Mediterranean Sea, between Greece and Syria. The capital is Ankara. Turkiye
D057226 Information Seeking Behavior How information is gathered in personal, academic or work environments and the resources used. Behavior, Information Seeking,Behaviors, Information Seeking,Information Seeking Behaviors,Seeking Behavior, Information

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