Abstract Background Between 5% and 14% of women suffer from fear childbirth (FOC) which is associated with difficulties during birth in postnatal psychological adjustment. Therefore, effective interventions are needed to improve outcomes for women. A systematic review meta-analysis was used identify treating FOC. Methods Literature searches were undertaken on online databases. Hand reference li...

Introduction To evaluate the effect of method induced abortion and other abortion-associated variables on incidence fear childbirth in subsequent pregnancy. Material methods This population-based register study cohort includes all nulliparous women with their first pregnancy ending an 2000-2015 live singleton delivery between 2000 2017 (n = 21 479). Data were derived from three national registe...

Jha, P. 2017. ‘Two Sides of a Coin’. Quality of Childbirth Services in Indian Public Health Facilities, from the Perspectives of Women and their Care Providers. Digital Comprehensive Summaries of Uppsala Dissertations from the Faculty of Medicine 1384. 82 pp. Uppsala: Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis. ISBN 978-91-513-0110-5. Background: Skilled birth attendance, usually available by promoting chi...

Kadınları doğum ve anneliğe geçişe hazırlamaya odaklanan bilgilendirici psikolojik müdahaleler gibi nonfarmakolojik yaklaşımların korkusunu azaltmada fayda sağladığı belirtilmektedir. Bu çalışmanın amacı, gebelerde korkusuna yönelik müdahalelere ilişkin randomize kontrollü çalışmaların incelenmesidir. Çalışmada, Aralık 2020-Ocak 2021 tarihleri arasında “pregnant women” and “fear of childbirth” ...

Anal sphincter injury during childbirth is a leading cause of anal incontinence. In a study of more than 20 000 consecutive vaginal deliveries, clinically diagnosed obstetric anal sphincter injury occurred in 2.9% of primiparous women and 0.8% of multiparous ones. Of women who have sustained such an injury, 60-80% are asymptomatic at 12 months, of whom most report incontinence of flatus only, r...

Vaginal delivery during childbirth is associated with perineal trauma and damage in most women. Perineal damage during delivery can have significant long-term consequences for women, including decreased quality of birthing experience, persistent postpartum perineal pain and sexual dysfunction, as well as pelvic floor pathology. Many women fear such perineal trauma. In fact, obstetrical perineal...

Background and Objective: Tokophobia is a manifestation of severe anxiety that causes fear for women. As result, women tend to avoid having children pregnancy due their childbirth, despite great interest in the beauty motherhood. The present study aimed examine relationship between Vaginismus, Dysmenorrhea, social support tokophobia through mediation childbirth self-efficacy.
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