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Abstract
Labour is an event that had a great psychological, social and emotional meaning for the mother and her family. Fear, stress and anxiety all have marked effects on labor progression and fetus, so mothers need education and support to alleviate anxiety . The study investigates the effect of video assisted teaching regarding normal labour on anxiety among primi parturient women. The study was conducted at El-Shohada MCH center. The research design was quasi-experimental . The sample size for the study was 50 primi parturient women . 25 of them were assigned to the study group and 25 to the control group. Using Zung self -rating scale as an instrument. The results showed that, there was a highly statistically significant difference between the study and the control groups only at the posttest level of anxiety where p >0.001.It is concluded that video assisted teaching was effective in reducing the anxiety of the primiparturient women in study group.It is recommended that video assisted teaching regarding normal labour should be a basic component of the antenatal care programme for primi parturient women at MCH centers.