Back رهاب الولادة Arabic Tokofobiya Azerbaijani Schwangerschaftsphobie German Synnytyspelko Finnish Tocophobie French טוקופוביה HE Tocofobia Italian Tokofobia Polish Tocofobia Portuguese Токофобия Russian
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| Tokophobia | |
|---|---|
| Other names | Tocophobia, maieusiophobia, parturiphobia |
| Treatment | Counselling[1] |
| Frequency | ~14% of women[2] |
Tokophobia is a significant fear of childbirth.[1] It is a common reason why some women request an elective cesarean section.[3] Factors often include a fear of pain, death, unexpected problems, injury to the baby, sexual problems and a lack of self-belief of the capacity to birth a child.[4] Treatment may occur via counselling.[1]
It is a type of specific phobia. In 2000, an article published in the British Journal of Psychiatry described the fear of childbirth as a psychological disorder that has received little attention and may be overlooked.[5]
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- ^ O'Connell, Maeve A.; Leahy-Warren, Patricia; Khashan, Ali S.; Kenny, Louise C.; O'Neill, Sinéad M. (2017). "Worldwide prevalence of tocophobia in pregnant women: systematic review and meta-analysis". Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica. 96 (8): 907–920. doi:10.1111/aogs.13138. hdl:10468/4050. ISSN 0001-6349. PMID 28369672.
- ^ Dencker, Anna; Nilsson, Christina; Begley, Cecily; Jangsten, Elisabeth; Mollberg, Margareta; Patel, Harshida; Wigert, Helena; Hessman, Eva; Sjöblom, Helen; Sparud-Lundin, Carina (2019). "Causes and outcomes in studies of fear of childbirth: A systematic review". Women and Birth. 32 (2): 99–111. doi:10.1016/j.wombi.2018.07.004. ISSN 1871-5192. PMID 30115515.
- ^ SYDSJÖ, GUNILLA; SYDSJÖ, ADAM; GUNNERVIK, CHRISTINA; BLADH, MARIE; JOSEFSSON, ANN (2011-10-10). "Obstetric outcome for women who received individualized treatment for fear of childbirth during pregnancy". Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica. 91 (1): 44–49. doi:10.1111/j.1600-0412.2011.01242.x. ISSN 0001-6349. PMID 21787365.
- ^ Hofberg, Kristina; Brockington, I. F. (1 January 2000). "Tokophobia: an unreasoning dread of childbirth". British Journal of Psychiatry. 176 (1): 83–85. doi:10.1192/bjp.176.1.83. PMID 10789333. Retrieved 4 February 2017 – via bjp.rcpsych.org.