Fear of childbirth has gained importance in the context of increasing medicalization of childbirth. Belgian and Dutch societies are very similar but differ with regard to the organization of maternity care. The Dutch have a high percentage of home births and low medical intervention rates. In contrast, home births in Belgium are rarer, and the medical model is more widely used. By comparing the...

BACKGROUND Continuous support by a midwife during childbirth has shown positive effects on the duration of active labour, use of pain relief and frequency of caesarean section (CS) in women without fear of childbirth (FOC). We have evaluated how continuous support by a specially assigned midwife during childbirth affects birth outcome and the subjective experience of women with severe FOC. ME...

BACKGROUND Few studies from low-income countries have addressed women's fear of childbirth (FOC) although likely to affect women during both pregnancy and childbirth. The aim of this study was to explore FOC in a high maternal mortality setting in the Arab region, Yemen. METHODS A multi-stage (stratified-purposive-random) sampling process was used. We interviewed 220 women with childbirth exp...

background: dental fear leads to lack of child cooperation. in general, without the patient's cooperation, success in remedy is impossible. this study aimed to evaluate parental view about the origins of the dental fear in children as well as their view about factors contributing to the prevention of child dental fear. methods: this was a cross sectional descriptive and analytical study which w...

INTRODUCTION Physiological birth is linked to the experience of pain. Our fear of pain and the disappearance of physiological birth is linked to our lifestyles. A frenetic pace, the pressure to be efficient, competition, the quest for success, the need for immediate gratification, refusal to suffer: all these factors leave little room for listening, feeling and assuming a proactive attitude in ...

Purpose:The aim of this study was to determine the fear birth and coping methods pregnant women. Patients Methods:Methods : The descriptive sample consisted 619 women who applied XXXXX State Hospital on 15 April-20 September 2019. data collected with characteristics form, Wijma Delivery Expectancy/Experience Questionnaire Brief COPE scale. Data were evaluated numerical value, percentage, One-Wa...