Search for dissertations about: "childbirth fear"

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  2. 1. 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

  4. 2. Fear is in the air : Midwives´ perspectives of fear of childbirth and childbirth self-efficacy and fear of childbirth in nulliparous pregnant women

    Author : Birgitta Salomonsson; Klaas Wijma; Siw Alehagen; Ingela Rådestad; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : Anxiety; Childbirth; Content analysis; Fear; Focus-group interview; Midwives; Self-efficacy; Phenomenography; W-DEQ; CBSEI;

    Abstract : Introduction: In Western countries, about one pregnant woman in five experiences a considerable fear of childbirth (FOC). Consequently FOC is an important topic for midwives, being pregnant women’s main care givers. READ MORE

  5. 3. Mother, how are you? : Studies on self-rated health and childbirth experience

    Author : Frida Viirman; Anna Wikman; Susanne Hesselman; Agneta Skoog Svanberg; Inger Sundström Poromaa; Mirjam Lukasse; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Self-rated health; SRH; Small for Gestational Age; SGA; Preterm; Stillbirth; Pregnancy; Childbirth; Labour; Delivery; Childbirth Experience; Psychological Birth Trauma; Visual Analogue Scale; VAS; Numeric Rating Scale; NRS; Single-item; Childbirth Experience Questionnaire; CEQ 2; Midwifery; Medicinsk vetenskap; Medical Science;

    Abstract : Pregnancy and childbirth are characterised by emotional and physical changes, which can affect the mother’s mental health postpartum, as well as the infant. One step towards alleviating adverse consequences is to measure health status and childbirth experience. READ MORE

  6. 4. Psychological Aspects of Emergency Cesarean Section

    Author : Elsa Lena Ryding; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : Emergency cesarean section; experience; childbirth; fear; post-traumatic stress; counselling; MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

    Abstract : According to earlier research, emergency cesarean section (Em CS) can have a deleterious effect on maternal psychological well-being. Whether the women thus delivered already had more psychological problems during pregnancy than other women, is not known. READ MORE

  7. 5. Releasing and relieving encounters : Experiences of pregnancy and childbirth

    Author : Ingela Lundgren; Margareta Grafström; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Obstetrics and gynaecology; pregnancy; childbirth; women s experiences; encounter; pain; birth plan; hermeneutic; phenomenological; intervention study; Obstetrik och kvinnosjukdomar; Obstetrics and women s diseases; Obstetrik och kvinnosjukdomar; Obstetrics and Gynaecology; obstetrik och gynekologi;

    Abstract : The experience of childbirth is an important life event for women, which may follow them throughout life. The overall aim of this thesis has been to describe and analyse these experiences from the women's perspective as well as the encounter between the woman and the midwife, and the possibility that a birth plan might improve women's experience of childbirth. READ MORE