Childbirth fear in expectant fathers: Findings from a regional Swedish cohort study

Hildingsson, Ingegerd; Johansson, Margareta; Fenwick, Jennifer; Haines, Helen; Rubertsson, Christine

doi:10.1016/j.midw.2013.01.001

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“…The few research studies that have been carried out suggest between 10 and 13% of men report intense fear of childbirth (Bergstrom, Rudman, Waldenstrom, & Kieler, 2013;Eriksson, Westman, & Hamberg, 2005;Hildingsson, Johansson, Fenwick, Haines, & Rubertsson, 2013). In this issue, Hildingsson and colleagues report results from a study of 1047 expectant fathers in Sweden.…”

Section: Fear Of Childbirthmentioning

confidence: 99%

Fear of childbirth, postnatal post-traumatic stress disorder and midwifery care

Ayers

2014

Midwifery

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Fear of childbirth, postnatal post-traumatic stress disorder and midwifery care

Ayers

2014

Midwifery

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“…To create a scale score, scores from the two VAS scales are averaged. The original two-item VAS was administered to women in Australia and Sweden (Cronbach's alpha=0.91) and to expectant fathers in Sweden (24,39). We chose this measure because it is a short fear of birth scale that was easily adapted to apply to men and women contemplating pregnancy.…”

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Cross-cultural development and psychometric evaluation of a measure to assess fear of childbirth prior to pregnancy

Stoll

Hauck

Downe

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Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare

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Background: Assessment of childbirth fear, in advance of pregnancy, and early identification of modifiable factors contributing to fear can inform public health initiatives and/or school-based educational programming for the next generation of maternity care consumers. We developed and evaluated a short fear of birth scale that incorporates the most common dimensions of fear reported by men and women prior to pregnancy, fear of: labour pain, being out of control and unable to cope with labour and birth, complications, and irreversible physical damage.Methods: University students in six countries (Australia, Canada, England, Germany, Iceland, and the United States, n=2240) participated in an online survey to assess their fears and attitudes about birth. We report internal consistency reliability, corrected-itemto-total correlations, factor loadings and convergent and discriminant validity of the new scale. Results:The Childbirth Fear -Prior to Pregnancy (CFPP) scale showed high internal consistency across samples (α >0.86). All corrected-item-to total correlations exceeded 0.45, supporting the uni-dimensionality of the scale. Construct validity of the CFPP was supported by a high correlation between the new scale and a two-item visual analog scale that measures fear of birth (r >0.6 across samples). Weak correlations of the CFPP with 2 scores on measures that assess related psychological states (anxiety, depression and stress) support the discriminant validity of the scale. Conclusion:The CFPP is a short, reliable and valid measure of childbirth fear among young women and men in six countries who plan to have children. Highlights• Fear of childbirth can precede pregnancy and is associated with preferences for cesarean section among young men and women who plan to have children in the future.• Assessing fear of birth and associated factors for young adults in different countries is an important first step in understanding why some young women and men are afraid of childbirth and how this issue might be addressed.• We developed a 10-item fear of birth scale that incorporates the main dimensions of fear reported by young adults in the literature, including fear of: labour pain, bodily damage, and complications.• The Childbirth Fear -Prior to Pregnancy (CFPP) scale had high internal consistency reliability across samples, measured one underlying construct, was highly correlated with another measure of childbirth fear, and was weakly correlated with measures of depression, anxiety and stress.

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“…It has been linked to concerns about coping with labor pain, obstetric complications, and maternal/infant health risks [2][3][4]. Childbirth related fear has also been associated with general anxiety in pregnant women [3,[5][6].…”

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