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Fear of childbirth (FOC): action orientations, desires and needs of pregnant women – a qualitative-reconstructive study
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Published: | February 13, 2018 |
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Background: Severe fear of childbirth (FOC) during pregnancy is a relevant health problem for women today [1], [2], [3]. Knowledge about women`s orientation patterns regarding their institutionalised and role-based action, theories of every day life and construction of social identities would offer the opportunity to deduce women`s desires and needs regarding professionals` health care and make them available for further research and practice.
Aim/research question: The aim of the study is to reconstruct habituated action schemes of nulliparous and multiparous women with severe fear of childbirth in the light of an institutionalised, risk-centered maternity care in Germany.
Methods: Between June 2016 and January 2017 problem-centered interviews were conducted with twelve pregnant women, who indicated to suffer from severe fear of childbirth and who wanted to give birth in a hospital. The data analysis was performed according to the Documentary Method by Bohnsack [4], [5].
Results: According to the praxeological sociology of knowledge action orientation patterns are presented in three dimensions: realms of societal, interactive conjunctive, and organisational experiences.
Relevance: The study results expend the knowledge about the origin, experience, consequences, and coping with severe fear of childbirth during pregnancy.
Recommendations/conclusions: The study results may inform evidence-based maternity care of pregnant women with severe fear of childbirth.
Ethical criteria and conflict of interests: This research/project was approved by an ethics committee and was financed by third party funds: Forschungsförderung der Hebammengemeinschaftshilfe (HGH), Research Award of the German Society for Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynecology (DGPFG). There is no conflict of interest.
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