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What Makes Woman Afraid of Their Childbirth?: A Qualitative Study
Jurnal Info Kesehatan, 2023 Fear generally fills the minds of pregnant women as they enter the third trimester of gestation. The older the gestational age, the more attention and thoughts of pregnant women are drawn to the approaching climax of childbirth, intensifying their ...
Siti Nurhidayati +7 more
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BMJ Open, 2023 Objective Adolescent pregnancy as a growing phenomenon in the world has been investigated from different aspects. However, the examination of childbirth fear and self-efficacy has received less attention.
Mojgan Mirghafourvand +2 more
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Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine, 2019 Background: Pregnancy, though joyful, may be a time of fear and anxiety. Twenty percent of pregnant women in developed nations report a fear of childbirth, and 6%–10% describe a severe fear that is crippling. This could lead to adverse maternal and fetal
Avita Rose Johnson +6 more
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Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2022 IntroductionPrenatal psychological distress is prevalent during pregnancy. This study aimed to estimate the associations among fear of childbirth, resilience and psychological distress.MethodsA total of 1,060 Chinese pregnant women were enrolled from Be ...
Xiaoxiao Mei +6 more
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Interventions for fear of childbirth (tocophobia) [PDF]
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2019 This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (Intervention). The objectives are as follows: The primary objective of this review is to investigate the effectiveness of non-pharmacological interventions on reducing fear of childbirth (FOC) compared with standard maternity care in pregnant women with FOC.
O’connell, Maeve Anne +6 more
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The paternal experience of fear of childbirth: An integrative review
, 2021 Background: It is estimated that approximately 13% of expectant fathers experience a pathological and debilitating fear of childbirth. Objective: The aim of this integrative review was to examine and synthesise the current body of research relating to ...
Maria Noonan (10839979) +11 more
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Reproductive Health, 2022 Abstract Background Although early case studies have indicated that fear of childbirth can predate a woman’s first pregnancy, the concept of preconception fear of childbirth is largely unexplored. The few studies reporting on the prevalence of preconception fear of childbirth found higher levels than most prevalence ...
Elisabet Rondung +2 more
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Study protocol for reducing childbirth fear: a midwife-led psycho-education intervention [PDF]
, 2013 Background: Childbirth fear has received considerable attention in Scandinavian countries, and the United Kingdom, but not in Australia. For first-time mothers, fear is often linked to a perceived lack of control and disbelief in the body's ability to ...
Toohill, J +32 more
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FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH CHILDBIRTH – RELATED FEAR AMONG SLOVAK WOMEN
Central European Journal of Nursing and Midwifery, 2017 Aim: Aim of the study was to examine the intensity of childbirth-related fear, its components and relationship with selected variables (age, parity, and delivery history) among pregnant women in Slovakia.
Lucia Mazúchová +3 more
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Interventions for fear of childbirth including tocophobia [PDF]
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2021 Many women experience fear of childbirth (FOC). While fears about childbirth may be normal during pregnancy, some women experience high to severe FOC. At the extreme end of the fear spectrum is tocophobia, which is considered a specific condition that may cause distress, affect well-being during pregnancy and impede the transition to parenthood ...
O'Connell, Maeve Anne +4 more
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