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Original Article

Fear of childbirth and emergency caesarean section in low-risk nulliparous women: a prospective cohort study

Cecilie JespersenCopenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, The Research Unit Women’s and Children’s Health, The Juliane Marie Centre for Women, Children and Reproduction Copenhagen ØDenmarkCorrespondence[email protected]
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Hanne Kristine HegaardCopenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, The Research Unit Women’s and Children’s Health, The Juliane Marie Centre for Women, Children and Reproduction Copenhagen ØDenmark
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Anne-Mette SchrollCopenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, The Research Unit Women’s and Children’s Health, The Juliane Marie Centre for Women, Children and Reproduction Copenhagen ØDenmark
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Susanne RosthøjDepartment of Public Health Sciences, Section of Biostatistics Øster Farimagsgade 5 opg. B, Copenhagen KDenmark
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Hanne KjærgaardCopenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, The Research Unit Women’s and Children’s Health, The Juliane Marie Centre for Women, Children and Reproduction Copenhagen ØDenmark
Pages 109-115 | Received 27 Nov 2013, Accepted 30 Jul 2014, Published online: 22 Aug 2014

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Sara Molgora, Valentina Fenaroli, Elisa Cracolici & Emanuela Saita. (2020) Antenatal fear of childbirth and emergency cesarean section delivery: a systematic narrative review. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology 38:4, pages 436-454.
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Nelly Goutaudier, Charlene Bertoli, Natalène Séjourné & Henri Chabrol. (2019) Childbirth as a forthcoming traumatic event: pretraumatic stress disorder during pregnancy and its psychological correlates. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology 37:1, pages 44-55.
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Valentina Fenaroli, Emanuela Saita, Sara Molgora & Monica Accordini. (2016) Italian women’s childbirth: a prospective longitudinal study of delivery predictors and subjective experience. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology 34:3, pages 235-246.
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Yvette M. G. A. Hendrix, Melanie A. M. Baas, Joost W. Vanhommerig, Ad de Jongh & Maria G. Van Pampus. (2022) Fear of Childbirth in Nulliparous Women. Frontiers in Psychology 13.
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Nichole Fairbrother, Fanie Collardeau, Arianne Albert & Kathrin Stoll. (2022) Screening for Perinatal Anxiety Using the Childbirth Fear Questionnaire: A New Measure of Fear of Childbirth. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19:4, pages 2223.
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Selina Nath, Lucy N. Lewis, Debra Bick, Jill Demilew & Louise M. Howard. (2021) Mental health problems and fear of childbirth: A cohort study of women in an inner‐city maternity service. Birth 48:2, pages 230-241.
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Sara Molgora, Valentina Fenaroli & Emanuela Saita. (2020) Psychological distress profiles in expectant mothers: What is the association with pregnancy-related and relational variables?. Journal of Affective Disorders 262, pages 83-89.
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Alexandra Badaoui, Sandra Abou Kassm & Wadih Naja. (2019) Fear and Anxiety Disorders Related to Childbirth: Epidemiological and Therapeutic Issues. Current Psychiatry Reports 21:4.
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C. Nilsson, E. Hessman, H. Sjöblom, A. Dencker, E. Jangsten, M. Mollberg, H. Patel, C. Sparud-Lundin, H. Wigert & C. Begley. (2018) Definitions, measurements and prevalence of fear of childbirth: a systematic review. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 18:1.
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Sümeyye BARUT & Tuba UÇAR. (2018) Gebelerde doğum öz yeterlilik algısının doğum korkusu ile ilişkisi. Mersin Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi 11:2, pages 107-115.
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Heidi Preis, Miri Gozlan, Uzi Dan & Yael Benyamini. (2018) A quantitative investigation into women's basic beliefs about birth and planned birth choices. Midwifery 63, pages 46-51.
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Sabine Striebich, Elke Mattern & Gertrud M. Ayerle. (2018) Support for pregnant women identified with fear of childbirth (FOC)/tokophobia – A systematic review of approaches and interventions. Midwifery 61, pages 97-115.
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Léa Poggi, Nelly Goutaudier, Natalène Séjourné & Henri Chabrol. (2018) When Fear of Childbirth is Pathological: The Fear Continuum. Maternal and Child Health Journal 22:5, pages 772-778.
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Helena Nilvér, Cecily Begley & Marie Berg. (2017) Measuring women’s childbirth experiences: a systematic review for identification and analysis of validated instruments. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 17:1.
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Birgitta Larsson, Annika Karlström, Christine Rubertsson, Elin Ternström, Johanna Ekdahl, Birgitta Segebladh & Ingegerd Hildingsson. (2017) Birth preference in women undergoing treatment for childbirth fear: A randomised controlled trial. Women and Birth 30:6, pages 460-467.
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Annika Karlström. (2017) Women's self-reported experience of unplanned caesarean section: Results of a Swedish study. Midwifery 50, pages 253-258.
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Elisabet Rondung, Johanna Thomtén & Örjan Sundin. (2016) Psychological perspectives on fear of childbirth. Journal of Anxiety Disorders 44, pages 80-91.
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Ha Yan KwonJa-Young KwonYong Won ParkYoung-Han Kim. (2016) The risk of emergency cesarean section after failure of vaginal delivery according to prepregnancy body mass index or gestational weight gain by the 2009 Institute of Medicine guidelines. Obstetrics & Gynecology Science 59:3, pages 169.
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