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to investigate and describe how intense fear related to childbirth is experienced, dealt with and communicated from the perspective of the women themselves.qualitative interviews analysed by a grounded theory approach.the study was conducted in a mid-sized city in the northern part of Sweden.a purposeful sample of 20 women, aged 24–41 with experiences of intense fear related to childbirth.the experience...
to describe women's lived experience of fear of childbirth.a qualitative study using a phenomenological approach and a lifeworld perspective. Data were collected via tape-recorded interviews.Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Göteborg, Sweden in 2003.eight pregnant women (24–37 gestational weeks) seeking help within an outpatient clinic for women with severe fear of childbirth. Two of the women were...
to describe fears associated with childbirth and reasons for the fears.a qualitative study. Data were gathered through semi-structured interviews and analysed using content-analysis method.outpatient maternity clinic of a university hospital in Turkey.19 nulliparous pregnant women who stated that they had fear related to childbirth.women's fears were related to labour pain, birth-related problems...
to describe midwives’ experiences with, and perceptions of, women with fear of childbirth.a qualitative study with a phenomenographic approach. Data were collected by means of interviews in focus groups.four focus groups at four types of hospital in Southern Sweden over a period of 18 months, 2004–2006.21 experienced midwives.four description categories emerged, i.e. appearance of fear of childbirth,...
research, conducted predominately in Scandinavian countries, suggests that a substantial number of women experience high levels of fear concerning childbirth which can impact on birth outcomes, the mother–infant relationship and the ongoing mental health of the mother. The prevalence of childbirth-related fear (CBRF) is not well known outside of the Nordic nations. This study aimed to examine the...
it is a generally accepted idea that women who give birth at home are less fearful of giving birth than women who give birth in a hospital. We explored fear of childbirth (FOC) in relation to preferred and actual place of birth. Since the Netherlands has a long history of home birthing, we also examined how the place where a pregnant woman׳s mother or sisters gave birth related to the preferred place...
to examine the effects of antenatal education on fear of childbirth, maternal self-efficacy, and maternal and paternal attachment.quasi-experimental study, comparing an antenatal education group and a control group.63 pregnant women and their husbands.demographic data forms, the Wijma Delivery Expectancy/Experience Questionnaire, the Childbirth Self-Efficacy Inventory, the Maternal Attachment Inventory...
this study aimed to explore the association between lifetime sexual violence and expectations about childbirth.Norwegian population-based cohort study.women presenting for routine ultrasound examinations were recruited to the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study between 1999 and 2008.78,660 pregnant women.sexual violence and expectations about childbirth were self-reported during pregnancy using...
this study aims to identify the aetiological relationships of psychosocial factors in postnatal traumatic symptoms among Japanese primiparas and multiparas.a longitudinal, observational survey.participants were recruited at three institutions in Tokyo, Japan between April 2013 and May 2014. Questionnaires were distributed to 464 Japanese women in late pregnancy (> 32 gestational weeks, Time 1),...
providing appropriate care for pregnant women with high or severe fear of childbirth (FOC) is a challenge in midwifery care today. FOC is associated with predisposing anamnestic factors, various sociodemographic and psychosocial characteristics, and may result in serious healthrelated consequences. It is therefore important to establish which interventions may increase a woman's faith in her own ability...
Perceptions about the nature of the birth process are important in determining women's birth choices regarding labour and delivery but are scarcely the subject of empirical research. The aim of the current study was to assess women's beliefs about birth as a natural and safe or medical and risky process and study the associations of these beliefs with fear of childbirth and planned birth choices....
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