No relationship between fear of childbirth and pregnancy-/delivery-outcome in a low-risk Dutch pregnancy cohort delivering at home or in hospital

Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 99-105

  Sluijs, Anne Marie ^a   Cleiren, Marc P H D ^b   Scherjon, Sicco A ^c   Wijma, Klaas ^d  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c ONZE LIEVE VROUWE GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

^d LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Fear of childbirth; Postpartum; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; FEAR; FEAR OF CHILDBIRTH; FEMALE; HOME DELIVERY; HUMAN; LABOR COMPLICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPARA; NETHERLANDS; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PUERPERAL DISORDER; PUERPERIUM;

ADULT; ANXIETY; COHORT STUDIES; DELIVERY ROOMS; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOME CHILDBIRTH; HUMANS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; NETHERLANDS; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PREGNANT WOMEN; PRENATAL CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865227631     PISSN: 0167482X     EISSN: 17438942     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0167482X.2012.685905     Document Type: Article

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