Trends in the epidemiology of fear of childbirth and association with intended mode of delivery: A nationwide register-based cohort study in Finland.

However, as the rate for unplanned CS also showed a decreasing trend, the higher rate of mild FOC might be the main explanation because a higher rate of women with FOC ended up choosing trial of labor.

also in 47,180 other papers

3 In that study, the epidemiology of FOC showed an increasing trend, rising from 1.1% to 3.6% in nulliparous women and from 1.5% to 7.8% in multiparous women, which is in line with our results. 3 However, the results of the present study add to the existing literature by revealing a radically increasing trend during the first decades of the present century, with the rate increasing to 7.1% for nulliparous women and 10.3% for multiparous women.

also in 63,971 other papers