Abstract Background The WDEQ-A is the most widely used measure of childbirth fear in
pregnant women; however there is increasing discussion in the literature that simpler, more …

Background: Around 20% of birthing women report high levels of childbirth fear. Fear
potentially impacts women's emotional health, preparation for birth, and birth outcomes …

Background Fear of childbirth is common during pregnancy but rarely assessed in clinical
practice. The Fear of Birth Scale has been proposed as a valid measure suitable for …

Objectives This study set out to compare the prevalence, content and associated factors of
fear of childbirth in six European countries. Method A cross-sectional study of 6870 pregnant …

Background The prevalence of fear of birth has been estimated between 8–30%, but there is
considerable heterogeneity in research design, definitions, measurement tools used and …

Objective To compare pregnancy outcomes for women with and without severe fear of
childbirth (FOC) reported in the second trimester of pregnancy. Methods In a prospective …

Introduction There is growing evidence of the considerable impact of fear of childbirth on
women's health and well‐being, but prevalence reports of high and severe fear of childbirth …

Objective to investigate the prevalence of childbirth related fear (CBRF) in early pregnancy
among both Swedish born and foreign born women living in Sweden. Design a cross …

Background Childbirth fear is reported to affect around 20% of women. However reporting
on levels of symptom severity vary. Unlike Scandinavian countries, there has been limited …

Objective To evaluate empirically the degree of content overlap between four self-report
measures of fear of childbirth (FoC) identified as 'best in class' by a recent review …