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Wijma K, Alehagen S, Wijma B
J Psychosom Obstet Gynaecol . 2002 Aug; 23(2):97-107. PMID: 12189903
This article reviews the development of the Delivery Fear Scale (DFS) to measure fear during labor and delivery. In an initial study, 92 women in labor answered a list of...
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Soderquist J, Wijma K, Wijma B
J Psychosom Obstet Gynaecol . 2002 Jun; 23(1):31-9. PMID: 12061035
In a sample of 1550 recently delivered women, traumatic stress after childbirth was studied in relation to obstetric variables. A post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptom profile and traumatic stress symptoms...
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Alehagen S, Wijma K, Wijma B
Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand . 2001 Mar; 80(4):315-20. PMID: 11264605
Background: The aims of the present study were to compare primiparous and multiparous women's experiences of fear of delivery during an early stage of active labor (cervix dilatation 3-5 centimeters)...
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Wijma B, Jansson M, Nilsson S, Hallbook O, Wijma K
J Reprod Med . 2000 Apr; 45(3):219-23. PMID: 10756500
Background: Recent reports have argued for a revision of the criteria used for the establishment of a diagnosis of vulvar vestibulitis syndrome (VVS). On theoretical grounds it might be hypothesized...
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Alehagen S, Wijma K, Wijma B
Gynecol Obstet Invest . 2000 Jan; 49(1):31-5. PMID: 10629370
The aims of the present study were: (a) to examine whether it was possible to measure women's cognitive appraisals hourly during the whole process of labor and delivery, and (b)...
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Nedstrand E, Wijma K, Lindgren M, Hammar M
Maturitas . 1999 Mar; 31(1):29-34. PMID: 10091202
Objective: The objective was to assess whether menopausal women with vasomotor symptoms had a lower stress-coping than menopausal women without symptoms and if stress-coping changed when vasomotor symptoms had been...
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Ryding E, Wijma K, Wijma B
Birth . 1999 Jan; 25(4):246-51. PMID: 9892893
Background: Childbirth by emergency cesarean section can be a traumatic experience, but since the result is often a healthy mother and baby, its seriousness is open to doubt. Method: Fifty-three...
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Ryding E, Wijma K, Wijma B
J Psychosom Obstet Gynaecol . 1998 Dec; 19(3):135-44. PMID: 9844844
The purpose of the study was to compare the psychological reactions of women after emergency Cesarean section (EmCS), elective Cesarean section (ElCS), instrumental vaginal delivery (IVD) and normal vaginal delivery...
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Ryding E, Wijma B, Wijma K, Rydhstrom H
Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand . 1998 Jul; 77(5):542-7. PMID: 9654177
Background: The purpose of our study was to elucidate the association between fear of childbirth, general anxiety, and stress coping during the third trimester of pregnancy, and a subsequent delivery...
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Wijma K, Wijma B, Zar M
J Psychosom Obstet Gynaecol . 1998 Jun; 19(2):84-97. PMID: 9638601
Up to now it has been difficult to study fear of childbirth because of a shortage of adequate psychological measurements. Therefore the Wijma Delivery Expectancy/ Experience Questionnaire (W-DEQ) was developed....