Screening for Perinatal Anxiety Using the Childbirth Fear Questionnaire: A New Measure of Fear of Childbirth. [PDF]
Fear of childbirth affects as many as 20% of pregnant people, and has been associated with pregnancy termination, prolonged labour, increased risk of emergency and elective caesarean delivery, poor maternal mental health, and poor maternal-infant bonding.
Fairbrother N +3 more
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A new scale for fear of childbirth: the Fear of Childbirth Questionnaire (FCQ) [PDF]
To create a clear and acceptable measure of fear of childbirth with satisfactory content validity for use with English-speaking women in the UK.Fear of childbirth (FOC) can have a significant impact on a woman's view of her pregnancy, birth and her recovery post birth.
Pauline Slade +3 more
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The Fear of Childbirth: A Study in the North of Portugal [PDF]
Childbirth is a universal phenomenon and a meaningful experience that has the potential to trigger developmental transitions, stress, anxiety and/or fear, which, at times, can negatively impact future childbirth experiences. An exploratory and descriptive study was conducted aiming to identify the levels of fear experienced by pregnant women associated
Prata, Ana Paula +2 more
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Intervention for Fear of Childbirth: HypnoBirthing
Fear of childbirth was a common problem among pregnant women. Fear of childbirth cause both many important problems at childbirth and maternal request for cesarean section and gradually increase in cesarean section rate. It was known that childbirth education classses were effective way in order to decrease fear.
Serçekuş, Pınar, Pinar Sercekus
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Fear in childbirth: are the media responsible? [PDF]
This is the second year that the Centre for Midwifery, Maternal and Perinatal Health convened a debate as part of the Festival of Learning at Bournemouth University (BU).
Hundley, Vanora +4 more
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The effects of counseling on fear of childbirth
ObjectiveTo investigate women's experiences of attending existing counseling programs for childbirth‐related fear and the effect of this counseling over time.DesignA longitudinal survey.SettingThree hospitals in the central north of Sweden.SampleA selected sample of 936 women.
Larsson, Birgitta +3 more
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Hybrid concept analysis of fear of childbirth based on pregnant women’s experiences: a qualitative protocol study [PDF]
Background Clarifying the concept of fear of childbirth in pregnant women is crucial, especially for medical professionals like midwives and nurses. This research aims to analyze the concept of fear of childbirth based on the experiences and perspectives
Elham Shirdel +2 more
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The Childbirth Fear Questionnaire: A New Measure of Fear of Childbirth [PDF]
Abstract Background Fear of childbirth affects as many as 20% of pregnant people, and has been associated with pregnancy termination, prolonged labour, increased risk of emergency and elective caesarean delivery, poor maternal mental health, and poor maternal-infant bonding.
Nichole Fairbrother +4 more
openaire +1 more source
Correlation between Fear of Childbirth and Childbirth Self-Efficacy during Labor
Background: The research on fear of childbirth and childbirth self-efficacy of pregnant women in China mainly concentrates on the late pregnancy, and there is a lack of research on the psychology of women during labor. This study aimed to investigate the
Yue Huang +5 more
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Relationship between Intensity of fear of Childbirth with choosing mode of delivery in Primiparous Women [PDF]
Introduction: fear of natural childbirth is a common problem during pregnancy and severe fear of childbirth may have a role in choosing mode of delivery by mother. This study was performed with aim to determine the relationship between fear of childbirth
Nafiseh Andaroon +3 more
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