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Psychologists' experiences of working with fear of childbirth: implications and advice for care providers.

Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology
BACKGROUND AND AIM Fear of childbirth is a common problem that affects women's health and wellbeing. A variety of interventions have been used in research and clinical settings, but it remains unclear how interventions should be designed to be as ...
Elisabet Rondung, Emma Lier, Elin Ternström   +2 more
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Tokophobia: a fear of childbirth and pregnancy - an overview

International Journal of Reproduction Contraception Obstetrics and Gynecology
Tokophobia is a mental disorder that affects women of all ages and varies from a mild to severe dread of delivery. Knauer first reported in the literature in 1897 that between 20% to 78% of pregnant women experience dread connected to pregnancy and ...
Mudit Bhardwaj, Aashutosh Sinwal, Vishv Sagar Sharma, Smrithimol Baby, Shagun Singh   +4 more
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Effect of Interventions to Reduce Fear of Childbirth in Pregnancy: Meta-Analysis

BACKGROUND: Some pregnant women have negative emotions that may predominate and they may develop a fear of childbirth. This causes negative consequences for their health and well-being.
Gürhan, Nermin, Uzun, Sevda, Sarı, Tuğba   +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 ...
Scuffham, Paul, Toohill, J, Creedy, Debra, Scuffham, Paul A, Turkstra, Erika, Gamble, Jennifer, Gamble, Jenny, Erika Turkstra, Buist, A, Creedy, Debra K, Anne Buist, Paul A Scuffham, Jennifer Fenwick, Jarrett, V, Debra K Creedy, Jenny Gamble, Creedy, Debra K., Sneddon, Anne, Vivian Jarrett, Anne Sneddon, Fenwick, J, Gamble, J, Elsa L Ryding, Turkstra, E, Buist, Anne, Ryding, Elsa L., Toohill, Jocelyn, Scuffham, PA, Scuffham, Paul A., Ryding, Elsa, Sneddon, A, Jocelyn Toohill, Fenwick, Jennifer, Ryding, EL, Ryding, Elsa L, Jarrett, Vivian, Creedy, DK   +36 more
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Relationship Between Fear of Childbirth and Oral Health-Related Quality of Life in Pregnant Women: The Mediating Effect of Pregnancy Anxiety.

Journal of Oral Rehabilitation
BACKGROUND Psychosocial health affects oral health-related quality of life. Pregnancy, as a special time for women, produces significant psychological changes.
Yujia Chen, Jing Zhao, Jin Zheng, Zhijie Zou, Xiaoli Chen   +4 more
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Cognitive behavioural therapy in relation to childbirth

, 2018
Many Women suffer from different mostly fear based illnesses in relation to childbirth. In my thesis I am answering the following questions: Can Cognitive Behavioural Therapy significantly help women in childbirth?
Ojo, Oladipupo Augustine
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Cluster Analysis of Fear of Childbirth, Anxiety, Depression, and Childbirth Self-Efficacy.

Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic and Neonatal Nursing
OBJECTIVE To identify clusters of women based on anxiety, depression, fear of birth, and childbirth self-efficacy and factors associated with the clusters. DESIGN Cross-sectional survey. SETTING Online in Sweden.
Ingegerd Hildingsson, Carita Nordin-Remberger, Michael B. Wells, M. Johansson   +3 more
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Choice in childbirth : psychology, experiences and understanding [PDF]

, 2006
Current policy (DoH 2004a), in response to critiques of the biomedical model of pregnancy, advocates choice and control for women within maternity care and promotes women as active childbirth consumers and decision-makers.
Jomeen, Julie
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Prenatal fear of childbirth and anxiety sensitivity

Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2009
Fear of childbirth (FOC) or what is historically referred to as tokophobia (a phobic state where a woman avoids childbirth despite desperately wanting a baby), is known to complicate the delivery process. In this study, the relationship of Anxiety Sensitivity (AS) to FOC was examined given that AS is a risk factor for other fears.
Kerry, Spice, Shannon L, Jones, Heather D, Hadjistavropoulos, Kristine, Kowalyk, Sherry H, Stewart   +4 more
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Perceived Professional Support During Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Postpartum Among Women Reporting Severe Fear of Childbirth Postpartum

, 2021
OBJECTIVE: To describe how women with severe fear of childbirth postpartum recall the professional support they received before, during, and after childbirth. STUDY DESIGN: This is a qualitative study based on telephone interviews with 10 women reporting
Stenberg, Klara,, Grundström, Hanna,, Roos, Tova,, Nieminen, Katri,, Malmquist, Anna,   +4 more
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