194 Autumn 2018. Vol 7. No. 3 * Corresponding Author: Sara Abedian, MSc. Address: Department of Midwifery, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Semnan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Semnan, Iran. Tel: +98 (911) 3146902 E-mail: abedian_sara@yahoo.com Research Paper Role Pregnancy Classes Efects on the Level of Anxiety and the Choice of Delivery in Pregnant Women to Semnan Clinics 1. Department of Midwifery, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Semnan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Semnan, Iran. 2. Department of Public Health, School of Health, Semnan University of Medical Science, Semnan, Iran. Zeinab Khaledian 1 ,*Sara Abedian 1 ,Razieh Ehsani 2 Background and Aims Pregnancy is a situatonal crisis and in poor-managed cases, the resultng stress is great for the mother and her relatves. This study aimed to examine the efects of pregnancy classes on pregnant women. Methods This was a descriptve-correlatonal research. In this study, 80 pregnant women were selected from Semnan clinics, Semnan, Iran and entered the study. At frst, their anxiety was assessed with the questonnaire and then they were partcipated in pregnancy classes. These classes were held for 8 sessions of 1.5 hours each. Afer the end of the eighth session, the partcipants completed the questonnaire again. The study queston- naire consisted of three sectons: demographic characteristcs, the Spielberger anxiety inventory, and the type of delivery selecton. The data were analyzed by paired t test and Chi-square test in SPSS. Results The Paired t test showed signifcant decrease in anxiety Mean±SD score in pregnant women from 86.7±5.17 before the study to 72.5±7.54 afer the interventon (P˂0.001). The Chi-square test revealed that before the study, 68.4% of the pregnant women chose a normal vaginal delivery, but afer completng the study, this rate reached 82.3% that was a signifcant decrease (P˂0.001). Conclusion Pregnancy classes can reduce the anxiety and increase the choice of normal vaginal delivery in pregnant women. Considering the efectveness of pregnancy classes, especially with regard to its resultng positve mental concepts, special atenton should be paid to hold these classes for pregnant women. A B S T R A C T Keywords: Pregnancy period; Pregnancy classes; Anxiety; Type of delivery Received: 21 Dec 2017 Accepted: 28 Aug 2018 Available Online: 23 Sep 2018 Citaton Khaledian Z, Abedian S, Ehsani R. [Role Pregnancy Classes Efects on the Level of Anxiety and the Choice of Delivery in Pregnant Women to Semnan Clinics (Persian)]. Journal of Clinical Nursing and Midwifery. 2018; 7(3):194-201. Use your device to scan and read the artcle online