SynthesisInternational journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being2020
Women's experiences of fear of childbirth: a metasynthesis of qualitative studies.
Synthesis in International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 77 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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77 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 194 citations in OpenAlex.
- Digital technology-assisted labor support in delivery rooms on maternal pain and anxiety: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Pooled it
- Exploring Severe Fear of Childbirth in China: An In-depth Systematic Review of Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Interventions.Maternal and child health journal · 2025Pooled it
- The relationship between perceived social support and fear of childbirth in pregnant women: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC psychology · 2025Pooled it
- Key dimensions of women's and their partners' experiences of childbirth: A systematic review of reviews of qualitative studies.PloS one · 2024Pooled it
- Factors of the childbirth fear among nulliparous women in Iran.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2022Pooled it
- Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Postpartum Contraction Pain During Elective Cesarean Delivery: A Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2025Trial
- Digital intervention for tokophobia: a randomized controlled trial of internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy on fear of childbirth and self-efficacy among Egyptian pregnant women.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Trial
- The effects of antenatal education and telephone counseling on childbirth fear of nulliparous women and their attitudes toward childbirth: a randomized controlled trial.Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira (1992) · 2025Trial
- Empowering women with fetal malpositions: enhancing childbirth experience and empowerment through educational interventions: a randomized controlled clinical trial.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2024Trial
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- Displacement and associated factors of childbirth-related posttraumatic stress disorder among Ukrainian perinatal women.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2026Observational
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- The tokophobia severity scale: a psychometric multicountry study with childbearing-age women.Archives of women's mental health · 2026Article
- Childbirth attitudes in parous and nulliparous women: the roles of cognitive flexibility, perceived social support, and obstetric factors.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- Fear of childbirth, birth satisfaction, and postpartum depression in relation to mother-infant bonding in postpartum women.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2026Article
- Fear of pregnancy and its associated factors in Iranian women and providing strategies to reduce pregnancy fear: a sequential explanatory mixed-methods study.Reproductive health · 2026Article
- Psychometric and clinical validation of the fear of childbirth questionnaire in a UK population.Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica · 2026Article
- Evaluating a Group-Based Intervention Addressing Fear of Childbirth in Multiparous Pregnant Women: A Mixed Methods Feasibility Study.Journal of advanced nursing · 2026Article
- Perspectives of Kurdish Postnatal Women on Respectful Maternity Care: A Qualitative Study.Health science reports · 2026Article
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8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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