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Antenatal Fear of Childbirth as a Risk Factor for a Bad Childbirth Experience
Giving birth is one of the most impressive experiences in life. However, many pregnant women suffer from fear of childbirth (FOC) and experience labour in very different ways, depending on their personality, previous life experiences, pregnancy, and birth circumstances. The aim of this study was to...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9914781/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36766873 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11030297 |
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author | Rúger-Navarrete, Azahara Vázquez-Lara, Juana María Antúnez-Calvente, Irene Rodríguez-Díaz, Luciano Riesco-González, Francisco Javier Palomo-Gómez, Rocío Gómez-Salgado, Juan Fernández-Carrasco, Francisco Javier |
author_facet | Rúger-Navarrete, Azahara Vázquez-Lara, Juana María Antúnez-Calvente, Irene Rodríguez-Díaz, Luciano Riesco-González, Francisco Javier Palomo-Gómez, Rocío Gómez-Salgado, Juan Fernández-Carrasco, Francisco Javier |
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description | Giving birth is one of the most impressive experiences in life. However, many pregnant women suffer from fear of childbirth (FOC) and experience labour in very different ways, depending on their personality, previous life experiences, pregnancy, and birth circumstances. The aim of this study was to analyse how fear of childbirth affects the childbirth experience and to assess the related consequences. For this, a descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out in a sample of 414 women between 1 July 2021 and 30 June 2022. The Birth Anticipation Scale (BAS) was used to measure fear of childbirth and the Childbirth Experience Questionnaire (CEQ-E) was applied to measure satisfaction with the childbirth experience. Fear of childbirth negatively and significantly predicted the childbirth experience. In addition, women who were more fearful of childbirth were found to have worse obstetric outcomes and a higher likelihood of having a caesarean delivery (p = 0.008 C. I 95%). Fear behaved as a risk factor for the birth experience, so the greater the fear, the higher the risk of having a worse birth experience (OR 1.1). Encouraging active listening and support strategies may increase pregnant women’s confidence, thus decreasing their fear of the process and improving their childbirth experience. |
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spelling | pubmed-99147812023-02-11 Antenatal Fear of Childbirth as a Risk Factor for a Bad Childbirth Experience Rúger-Navarrete, Azahara Vázquez-Lara, Juana María Antúnez-Calvente, Irene Rodríguez-Díaz, Luciano Riesco-González, Francisco Javier Palomo-Gómez, Rocío Gómez-Salgado, Juan Fernández-Carrasco, Francisco Javier Healthcare (Basel) Article Giving birth is one of the most impressive experiences in life. However, many pregnant women suffer from fear of childbirth (FOC) and experience labour in very different ways, depending on their personality, previous life experiences, pregnancy, and birth circumstances. The aim of this study was to analyse how fear of childbirth affects the childbirth experience and to assess the related consequences. For this, a descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out in a sample of 414 women between 1 July 2021 and 30 June 2022. The Birth Anticipation Scale (BAS) was used to measure fear of childbirth and the Childbirth Experience Questionnaire (CEQ-E) was applied to measure satisfaction with the childbirth experience. Fear of childbirth negatively and significantly predicted the childbirth experience. In addition, women who were more fearful of childbirth were found to have worse obstetric outcomes and a higher likelihood of having a caesarean delivery (p = 0.008 C. I 95%). Fear behaved as a risk factor for the birth experience, so the greater the fear, the higher the risk of having a worse birth experience (OR 1.1). Encouraging active listening and support strategies may increase pregnant women’s confidence, thus decreasing their fear of the process and improving their childbirth experience. MDPI 2023-01-18 /pmc/articles/PMC9914781/ /pubmed/36766873 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11030297 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Rúger-Navarrete, Azahara Vázquez-Lara, Juana María Antúnez-Calvente, Irene Rodríguez-Díaz, Luciano Riesco-González, Francisco Javier Palomo-Gómez, Rocío Gómez-Salgado, Juan Fernández-Carrasco, Francisco Javier Antenatal Fear of Childbirth as a Risk Factor for a Bad Childbirth Experience |
title | Antenatal Fear of Childbirth as a Risk Factor for a Bad Childbirth Experience |
title_full | Antenatal Fear of Childbirth as a Risk Factor for a Bad Childbirth Experience |
title_fullStr | Antenatal Fear of Childbirth as a Risk Factor for a Bad Childbirth Experience |
title_full_unstemmed | Antenatal Fear of Childbirth as a Risk Factor for a Bad Childbirth Experience |
title_short | Antenatal Fear of Childbirth as a Risk Factor for a Bad Childbirth Experience |
title_sort | antenatal fear of childbirth as a risk factor for a bad childbirth experience |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9914781/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36766873 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11030297 |
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