Does fear of childbirth during pregnancy predict emergency caesarean section?

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 109, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1213-1221

  Johnson, Rebecca ^a,b   Slade, Pauline ^b  

^a CHILD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTICIPATION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BREECH EXTRACTION; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; EXPECTATION; FEAR; FEMALE; FORCEPS DELIVERY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MULTIPARA; NORMAL HUMAN; PARITY; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SELF EVALUATION; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM; VACUUM EXTRACTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; CESAREAN SECTION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EMERGENCIES; ENGLAND; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0036877040     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-0528.2002.01351.x     Document Type: Article

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