Self reported fear of childbirth and its association with women's birth experience and mode of delivery: A longitudinal population-based study

Women and Birth

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 114-121

  Nilsson, Christina ^a,b   Lundgren, Ingela ^c   Karlström, Annika ^d   Hildingsson, Ingegerd ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BORÅS   (Sweden)

^b LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Birth experience; Fear of childbirth; Midwifery; Mode of delivery; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILDBIRTH; DELIVERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MULTIPARA; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PRIMIPARA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SWEDEN; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MOTHERS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARITY; PARTURITION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 84865342349     PISSN: 18715192     EISSN: 18781799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wombi.2011.06.001     Document Type: Article

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