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Objective: This descriptive study was conducted to examine the relationship between the psychosocial health status and the fear of birth in healthy pregnancies.   Methods: The study included 226 healthy pregnant women in their 28th to 40th gestational weeks. The personal information form Pregnancy Psychosocial Health Assessment Scale, and Wijma Delivery Expectancy/ExperienceQuestionnaire (W-DEQ) were used for data collection. For evaluating the data obtained, percentage distribution, averages, Kruskal–Wallis, Mann–Whitney U test, and Spearman correlation analysis were used to compare data (p<0.05).   Results: The average score of Wijma Delivery Expectancy/Experience Questionnaire (W-DEQ) was 79.95±17.33, and the mean Pregnancy Psychosocial Health Assessment Scale score in pregnancy was 3.02±0.29. There were no effects of some variables on psychosocial health in pregnancy such as the education level, working status and having pre-pregnancy health problems. However, it was determined that the number of living children, the type of family, and information on birth in gestation had an effect on pregnancy psychosocial health status. While there was no significant difference between fear of childbirth and parity, it was determined that there was a significant difference between fear of childbirth and having a pre- pregnancy health problem, getting birth information.   Conclusion: There was no significant relationship between the psychosocial health status and the fear of birth in pregnancy. It has been suggested that this study should be supported with new studies due to insufficient studies on the subject.

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