Interventions for fear of childbirth including tocophobia

CONCLUSIONS: The effect of non-pharmacological interventions for women with high to severe fear of childbirth in terms of reducing fear is uncertain. Fear of childbirth, as measured by W-DEQ, may be reduced but it is not certain if this represents a meaningful clinical reduction of fear. There may be little or no difference in depression, but there may be a reduction in caesarean section delivery. Future trials should recruit adequate numbers of women and measure birth satisfaction and anxiety.PMID:34231203 | PMC:PMC8261458 | DOI:10.1002/14651858.CD013321.pub2
Source: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews - Category: General Medicine Authors: Source Type: research