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Fear of childbirth among pregnant women availing antenatal services in a maternity hospital in rural Karnataka

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, Melvin G Kumar, Rosy Jacob, Maria Arul Jessie, Fabiyola Mary, Twinkle Agrawal, Vijaya Raman   +6 more
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Associations among fear of childbirth, resilience and psychological distress in pregnant women: A response surface analysis and moderated mediation model

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, Ranran Mei, Yuling Liu, Xinqin Wang, Qianwen Chen, Youjin Lei, Zengjie Ye   +6 more
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Childbirth self-efficacy and fear of childbirth and their predictors in adolescent and adult pregnant women referring to health centres of Urmia-Iran: a cross-sectional study

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, Fatemeh Effati Daryani, Azam Mohammadi   +2 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, Zuzana Škodová, Simona Kelčíková, Alena Rabárová   +3 more
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Transformative Effect of Nursing Educational Classes on Fear of Childbirth and Self-Efficacy among Primiparous Women [PDF]

Tanta Scientific Nursing Journal
Background: Fear of childbirth is a prevalent issue for primiparous women, potentiallyimpacting their experiences and outcomes. Educational classes are effective in increasingknowledge, lowering childbirth-related fear, and enhancing childbirth self ...
Rania Elgobashy, Enas Abbas Badr, Aya Abdelhafez   +2 more
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Design and psychometric evaluation of the fathers’ fear of childbirth scale: a mixed method study

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2021
Background Fear of childbirth is reported in 13% of fathers, and it may have adverse consequences for the fathers’ health as well as their families. To reduce the fear of childbirth in the expectant fathers, an appropriate screening tool is needed.
Seyedeh Fatemeh Ghaffari, Seyed-Hamid Sharifnia, Forouzan Elyasi, Zohreh Shahhosseini, Zohre Mohammadpoorsaravimozafar   +4 more
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An Association of Fear of Childbirth with the Preference for Cesarean Section; A Cross Sectional Study

Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal, 2022
Objective: To determine the fear of childbirth (FOC) amongst pregnant women and its association with preference for cesarean section. Study Design: Cross-sectional study.
Asma Ansari, Samina Irum
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Patterns of fear of childbirth and depressive symptoms during pregnancy and after childbirth.

, 2022
Patterns of fear of childbirth and depressive symptoms during pregnancy and after childbirth.
Andrea Barnabas Pembe (8857028), Margareta Larsson (3932171), Columba Mbekenga (5107106), Agneta Skoog Svanberg (6274082), Agnes Fredrick Massae (11583011)   +4 more
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Health disparities in chronic liver disease

Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022
Abstract The syndemic of hazardous alcohol consumption, opioid use, and obesity has led to important changes in liver disease epidemiology that have exacerbated health disparities. Health disparities occur when plausibly avoidable health differences are experienced by socially disadvantaged populations.
Ani Kardashian, Marina Serper, Norah Terrault, Lauren D. Nephew   +3 more
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Fear and Experience of Childbirth among Primiparous Women

Journal of Nepal Health Research Council
Background: The fear of childbirth is the feeling of fearfulness, anxiety or worry among women in relation to pregnancy and childbirth process which influence their experience of childbirth which is the subjective feeling of sadness or joyfulness ...
Prajnya Pokhrel, Mamata Bharati, Sushila Bhandari   +2 more
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