Previous birth experience and birth anxiety: Predictors of caesarean section on demand?

Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 175-180

  Tschudin, Sibil ^a   Alder, Judith ^a   Hendriksen, Stephanie ^a   Bitzer, Johannes ^a   Popp, Karoline Aebi ^a   Zanetti, Rosanna ^a   Hösli, Irene ^a   Holzgreve, Wolfgang ^a   Geissbühler, Verena ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b Kantonsspital Frauenfeld   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Birth anxiety; Birth experience; Caesarean section on demand; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STATUS; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADULT; ANXIETY; CESAREAN SECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE; DECISION MAKING; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; LABOR PAIN; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PARITY; PARTURITION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWITZERLAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70249142825     PISSN: 0167482X     EISSN: 17438942     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01674820902789233     Document Type: Article

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