THE EFFECT OF RECEIVING ANTENATAL CARE ON QUALITY OF LIFE AND DELIVERY MODE PREFERENCE OF PREGNANT WOMEN WHO ATTENDED TO KAYSERI MATERNITY HOSPITAL

Abstract

This study was conducted to identify antenatal care receiving status among pregnant women and the effect of receiving antenatal care on the birth mode preference and quality of life. The sample of this descriptive study consists of 2600 pregnant women who were attended and hospitalized in Kayseri Education and Research Hospital Maternity Clinic. The data were collected by the Pregnancy Evaluation Questionnaire which determines pregnant women’s socio-demographic attributes and WHOOQL-BREF quality of life scale. Data analysis was performed using the SPSS package program version 20.0. One-way ANOVA was used on analysis of the data and t test was performed on independent groups. A P-value