The mean W-DEQ score was 57 (range 2–145; SD 19.5). Eight per cent of the women (134/1789) reported fear of childbirth, defined as W-DEQ score ≥85. In the study sample, 75 % of the women had a ...

OBJECTIVE: Fear of childbirth (FOC) or what is historically ... METHODS: Women in their final 4 months of pregnancy (n = 110) completed the Anxiety Sensitivity Index, the State-Trait Anxiety ...