Fear of childbirth; The relation to anxiety and depression

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 237-242

  Storksen, Hege Therese ^a,b   Eberhard Gran, Malin ^a,c   Garthus Niegel, Susan ^a,c   Eskild, Anne ^c,d  

^a Health Services Research Centre   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^d AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Anxiety; depression; fear of childbirth; pregnancy; psychology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; EDINBURGH POSTNATAL DEPRESSION SCALE; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NORWAY; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856091840     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0412.2011.01323.x     Document Type: Article

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