Search for dissertations about: "childbirth experience"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 65 swedish dissertations containing the words childbirth experience.

  2. 11. Mental illness : relation to childbirth and experience of motherhood

    Author : Karin Börjesson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Population-based study; depression; personality disorder; psychiatric symptoms; mode of delivery; childbirth experience; maternal adjustment;

    Abstract : This thesis comprises two population-based studies of mental illness in childbearing women in Stockholm. The principal aims in study I were to find out to what extent postnatal depression (PND) in mothers was identified at Well-Baby Clinics (WBCs) and to study its prevalence using the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS). READ MORE

  4. 12. Diagnostic Aspects of Fear of Childbirth

    Author : Margareta Zar; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Fear of childbirth; W-DEQ; psychometrics; diagnostic test; anxiety; anxiety disorders; state fear; trait fear; delivery; mode of delivery; obsteric complications; riskfactor;

    Abstract : The first study presents the theoretical background of the Wijma Delivery Expectancy/Experience Questionnaire (W-DEQ) and an examination of this new instrument's construct validity and reliability. The W-DEQ has good reliability and measures the construct "fear of childbirth", when compared with other questionnaires. READ MORE

  5. 13. Internet-based cognitive behaviour therapy for women with negative birth experiences following childbirth

    Author : Josefin Sjömark; Agneta Skoog Svanberg; Thomas Parling; Margareta Larsson; Katja Boersma; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Internet-based cognitive behaviour therapy; negative birth experience; post-traumatic stress disorder PTSD ; PTSD following childbirth; randomised controlled trial; Medicinsk vetenskap; Medical Science;

    Abstract : Childbirth can be associated with both positive and negative psychological reactions. The experience of labour and birth is subjective, multidimensional and complex including physiological and psychological factors. READ MORE

  6. 14. To give birth in late- and post-term pregnancy - women's experiences and perspectives

    Author : Helena Nilvér; Gothenburg University; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; childbirth experience; late-term pregnancy; post-term pregnancy; induction of labour; systematic review; validated questionnaire; randomised controlled trial; phenomenology; thematic analysis;

    Abstract : Childbirth is a lifechanging event, and women carry with them the experience throughout life. Around one in five pregnancies reach gestational week 41. When to recommend induction of labour for those extending 41 gestational weeks has been debated. Also, knowledge of women’s experiences and perspectives is limited. READ MORE

  7. 15. Genuine Caring in Caring for the Genuine : Childbearing and high risk as experienced by women and midwives

    Author : Marie Berg; Kyllike Christensson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Obstetrics and gynaecology; High risk; childbearing; pregnancy; childbirth experience; midwifery; lifeworld research; phenomenology; hermeneutics; motherhood; birth plan; caring relationsship; Obstetrik och kvinnosjukdomar; Obstetrics and women s diseases; Obstetrik och kvinnosjukdomar; Obstetrik och gynekologi; Obstetrics and Gynaecology; High risk; childbearing; pregnancy; childbirth experience; midwifery; lifeworld research; phenomenology; hermeneutics; motherhood; birth plan; caring relationship.;

    Abstract : The experience of pregnancy and childbirth is a central life event with special implications for women at high risk. This thesis describes the meaning of pregnancy, childbirth and midwifery care in four qualitative interview studies based on the lifeworld theory. Women were interviewed during pregnancy and within one week after childbirth. READ MORE