The relationship between birth fear and psychosocial health level of nausea-vomiting severity in pregnancy: An example from Turkey

The aim of this study is to determine the relationship between the severity of nausea and vomiting in pregnancy and fear of birth and psychosocial health level. This research, which is a relational-descriptive type was conducted with 659 pregnant women. Data were collected by being used Personal İnformation Form, The Pregnancy-Unique Quantification of Emesis and Nausea (PUQE) Test, The Wijma Delivery Expectancy/Experience Questionnaire A Version (W-DEQ-A) and Pregnancy Psychosocial Health Assessment Scale (PPHAS). It was determined that pregnant women with severe nausea and vomiting severity had more fear of child birth than those with mild and moderate nausea and vomiting severity ( p