Mental health problems common in women with fear of childbirth

Please cite this paper as: Rouhe H, Salmela‐Aro K, Gissler M, Halmesmäki E, Saisto T. Mental health problems common in women with fear of childbirth. BJOG 2011;118:1104–1111. Objective  To investigate whether women with fear of childbirth have more mental health problems than women of childbearing a...

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Published in:BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology 2011-08, Vol.118 (9), p.1104-1111
Main Authors: Rouhe, H, Salmela‐Aro, K, Gissler, M, Halmesmäki, E, Saisto, T
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Analgesia - utilization
Biological and medical sciences
Case-Control Studies
Cesarean Section - statistics & numerical data
Childbirth & labor
Delivery. Postpartum. Lactation
Fear & phobias
Fear - psychology
Fear of childbirth
Female
Finland - epidemiology
General aspects
Gynecology. Andrology. Obstetrics
Humans
Labor Pain - drug therapy
Medical sciences
Mental Disorders - epidemiology
Mental health
Mental Health Services - utilization
Middle Aged
Parturition - psychology
Pregnancy
psychiatric care
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Psychotropic Drugs - therapeutic use
psychotropic medication
Registries
Retrospective Studies
Women
Young Adult
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Summary:Please cite this paper as: Rouhe H, Salmela‐Aro K, Gissler M, Halmesmäki E, Saisto T. Mental health problems common in women with fear of childbirth. BJOG 2011;118:1104–1111. Objective  To investigate whether women with fear of childbirth have more mental health problems than women of childbearing age in general. Design  Register‐based retrospective study. Setting  The maternity clinic of Helsinki University Central Hospital. Population  In all, 2405 women referred for consultation because of fear of childbirth during 1996–2002 and 4676 comparable control women. Methods  Data were linked to the Medical Birth Register, the Hospital Discharge Register and the Drug Reimbursement Register 5–12 years before and after the initial childbirth (during 1990–2008). Main outcome measures  Prevalence of psychiatric care as evidenced by the use of psychotropic medication, and episodes of either psychiatric inpatient or outpatient care in women with fear of childbirth compared with nonfearful controls. Results  Women with fear of childbirth had significantly more often had psychiatric care (54.0% versus 33.6%, P 
ISSN:1470-0328
1471-0528
DOI:10.1111/j.1471-0528.2011.02967.x