WORLD JOURNAL OF ADVANCE
HEALTHCARE RESEARCH

Usha S.*, Sandhya Rani G. N., Dr. Ambika K. and Sunitha P. S.

ABSTRACT

Introduction: Pregnancy can still seem like it is are about the mom, but it is so important for dads to be a part ofthe experience. During child birth fathers feeling oscillate between euphoria and anxiety. They express worry forthe safety of both their partners and babies as well as feelings of stress, fear and guilt. Fathers describe feelings ofbeing unprepared for the long wait in time, pain and their partners reactions, as well as their own feelings ofhelplessness during child birth. However cooperation between the midwives and the father in support of thewoman could reduce the fathers feelings of helplessness. Aim: To assess the level of anxiety by using anxietyscale. Methods: The research design was descriptive research design and non-probability purposive sampling wasadopted to select 40 husbands of labouring women. The data was collected and analysed by using descriptive andinfluential statistics. Result: In this study, most of the subjects 52.5% had mild to moderate anxiety, 42.5% of thesubjects had severe anxiety, and only 5% of the subjects had normal anxiety. The findings of the study shown thatthere were no significant association between anxiety score and demographic variables such as, age in years,religion, education, occupation, income, type of family, number of children. Conclusion: The nursing staff shouldprovide reliable information related to delivery as well as health education before child birth and should alsoencourage fathers during delivery. In this way the discomfort will be minimize the more fathers preparation fortheir role, the provision of information about the basis of new born care and how to handle the baby at home, isanother aspect that can be covered by the staff in the obstetric hospital.