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Coping Styles Associated with Post-Traumatic Stress and Depression Symptoms Following Childbirth in Croatian Women [PDF]
Childbirth is a normative event in a woman's life and is considered as a positive event. However, one in three women perceive childbirth as a physical threat to themselves or their new-born and 3% of women develop posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD ...
Sandra Nakić Radoš+3 more
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“Engaging with birth stories in pregnancy: a hermeneutic phenomenological study of women’s experiences across two generations” [PDF]
Background The birth story has been widely understood as a crucial source of knowledge about childbirth. What has not been reported is the effect that birth stories may have on primigravid women’s understandings of birth.
Lesley Kay+3 more
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Preparation for Childbirth: Coping with the Fear of Childbirth
Pregnancy is a vital event in a woman’s life that involves not only important physical changes, but also psychological changes [...]
Juan Carlos Sánchez-García+2 more
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Background Building a dataset of individual participant data (IPD) for meta-analysis represents considerable research investment as well as collaboration across multiple institutions and researchers.
Nancy Medley+5 more
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More women and neonates die each year in India than in almost every other country of the world. Since 1947, India has in principle provided free medical maternal health care to all pregnant and childbearing women.
Andy Beckingham+6 more
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Do childbirth confidence, prenatal depression, childbirth knowledge, and spousal support influence childbirth fear in pregnant women? [PDF]
Purpose This study investigated levels of childbirth fear and related prenatal factors (self-confidence for childbirth, prenatal depression, knowledge about childbirth, and spousal support) among pregnant women in South Korea.
Hyunjin Cho, Sukhee Ahn
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Assessment of Medicalization of Pregnancy and Childbirth in Low-risk Pregnancies: A Cross-sectional Study [PDF]
Background: Medicalization may lead to over-testing during pregnancy and increased cesarean section (CS). This study investigated the medicalization of low-risk pregnancies and childbirths in Rasht, Iran.
Shadi Sabetghadam+4 more
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Midwifery Learning and Forecasting: Predicting Content Demand with User-Generated Logs [PDF]
Every day, 800 women and 6,700 newborns die from complications related to pregnancy or childbirth. A well-trained midwife can prevent most of these maternal and newborn deaths. Data science models together with logs generated by users of online learning applications for midwives can help to improve their learning competencies.
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Background Stillbirth and (obstetric) fistula are traumatic life events, commonly experienced together following an obstructed labour in low‐ and middle‐income countries with limited access to maternity care. Few studies have explored women's experiences
Anne Nendela+6 more
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