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PRENATAL GENTLE YOGA HELPS PREGNANT WOMEN IN REDUCING FEAR OF CHILDBIRTH
Placentum, 2023 Background: Expectant mothers will experience physiological and psychological changes during pregnancy, including feeling fear of childbirth. Fear is a psychological condition that can raise catecholamine levels and decrease uterine contractions ...
Yunita Laila Astuti +3 more
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BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2018 Background Fear of childbirth may reduce the womens’ pain tolerance during labour and may have impact on the mother-infant interaction. We aimed to assess (1) the association between fear of childbirth antepartum and subsequent request for ...
Sabine L. M. Logtenberg +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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Screening for Perinatal Anxiety Using the Childbirth Fear Questionnaire: A New Measure of Fear of Childbirth [PDF]
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2022 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 +3 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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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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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 +3 more
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The Fear of Childbirth: A Study in the North of Portugal
European Proceedings of Social & Behavioural Sciences, 2016 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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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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