The relationship between fear of childbirth and prenatal depression in pregnant women during pregnancy: a cross-lagged analysis.

BMC Pregnancy Childbirth · 2025 · PMC11846457 · PMID 39984854

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Specifically, maternal fear of childbirth gradually increased during pregnancy, with an increasing trend in prevalence, and all of the participants had a high to severe fear of childbirth.

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