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Volume 6, Issue 4 (Suppl)
J Nurs Care, an open access journal
ISSN: 2167-1168
Euro Nursing 2017
October 26-28, 2017
32
nd
EURO
NURSING AND MEDICARE SUMMIT
October 26-28, 2017 | Paris, France
The impact of intolerance of uncertainty on psychological well-being in pregnant women who have
and don’t have risk of miscarriage
Seher CEVIK
1
and
Yurdagul YAGMUR
2
Inonu University, Turkey
Statement of the Problem:
The aim of this research is to determine the impact of intolerance of uncertainty on psychological
well-being in pregnant women who have and don’t have risk of miscarriage.
Methodology & Theoretical Orientation:
The research was planned as a case-control study. The universe of the research
consisted of pregnant women who applied to the Malatya State Hospital Campus Beydağı obstetric polyclinic between 15
January 2017 and 15 April 2017 and whose gestational week was between 1-20. The sampling, on the other hand, consisted
of 171 pregnant women who had risk of miscarriage in research group and 171 pregnant women who didn’t have risk of
miscarriage in control group. The Participant Description Form, Intolerance of Uncertainty Scale and Psychological Well-
Being Scale, were used in the data collection. The data were evaluated using the descriptive statistics, t test in independent
groups, ANOVA, Kruskal Wallis, Mann Whitney U, Bonferroni test, Correlation test and Cronbach’s Alpha reliability analysis
test.
Findings:
It was determined that pregnant woman with risk of miscarriage (110.1±16.5) had higher intolerance to uncertainty
than those didn’t have risk of miscarriage (69.2±17.7) (p<0.001). It was observed that pregnant woman with risk of miscarriage
(36.6±8.4) had worse psychological well-being than those didn’t have risk of miscarriage (p<0.001). Furthermore, it was found
that the psychological well-being decreased in reverse proportion to the increase of intolerance of uncertainty in both the
research ve control groups (p<0.05).
Conclusion & Significance:
It was determined that risk of miscarriage affect intolerance of uncertainty and psychological
well-being of pregnant women.
Biography
Seher ÇEVIK graduated from the nursing department in 2012.She worked as a nurse in intensive care unit for 2 years. She currently works as a research assistant
in the nursing department and continues her graduate studies in the field of nursing and works in the field of nursing principles.
seher.cevik@inonu.edu.trSeher CEVIK et al., J Nurs Care 2017, 6:4(Suppl)
DOI: 10.4172/2167-1168-C1-061