Assessment of Anxiety Level among Women Prepared for Cesarean Section at Babylon Hospitals

In the preoperative period, women prepared for the cesarean section have anxiety associated with many factors. Anxiety about their surgery, any minor health problem during pregnancy, the number of abortions, etc. All these factors can increase the level of anxiety prior to cesarean birth. Objectives: To assess of Anxiety level among women prepared for cesarean section at Babylon hospitals. A descriptive-correlational study design using (a purposive sample) non-probability of women prepared for cesarean section (N=90) at Babylon hospitals. Taylor manifest anxiety scale was used anxiety levels. The tool consists of 20 questions, the person answers the questions by interview. The analyzed data during descriptive statistical analysis application (mean of score, frequency and percentage) and (SPSS) version 25 with, inferential data analysis (Chi-square) and Microsoft excel (2016) to assess and estimate the study sample). The findings of the study indicate that most women prepared for a cesarean section of samples (65.6%) were moderate anxiety. Moderate anxiety level has highly significant relation with Socio-demographic data (age, education level, occupation) and has highly significant correlation with matters related to pregnancy (primipara, minor health problem and diseases during pregnancy).