Assess the Level of Anxiety Among Primi-Gravida Mothers in S.V.B.P. Hospital

Anxiety is an uncontrollable, diffuse, unpleasant, and persistent state of negative. Affect, characterized by apprehensive anticipation regarding unpredictable and unavoidable future danger, and accompanied by physiological symptoms of tension and a constant state of heightened vigilance. Method: A pre-experimental study was conducted among 50 primigravida mothers from Gynecology OPD of S.V.B.P hospital, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, who had planned for normal vaginal delivery and caesarean section. In this study, an experimental quantitative approach and pre-experimental research design were used. Purposive sampling technique was used to draw the sample. Socio-demographic data and modified Pregnancy specific anxiety tool (PSAT) were used to collect data from the samples through the interview method. Result: Revealed that, most of the mothers are scored in between mild category (21, 42%), 16(32%) mothers are scored in between moderate category, 8(16%) mothers are scored in between low-level category, 5(10%) mothers are scored in sever category. The mean and standard deviation of the anxiety level of primigravida mothers is 12.25 and 7.675. After calculating the p-value (0.05) for the association between demographic variables and level of anxiety the result shows that there is no association between anxiety level and demographic variables. Conclusion: Most of the participants have mild anxiety.