Women's worries in first pregnancy: results from a randomised controlled trial.

It has been suggested that participation in an antenatal education programme will increase the level of worry in pregnant women. This randomised controlled trial, investigated women's worries in late pregnancy as a secondary outcome depending on their attendance in an antenatal education programme. We found that women attending the education programme reported a lower level of worry in late pregnancy, especially worries related to birth issues, compared to those who did not attend the antenatal education programme.