Pharmacological pain relief and fear of childbirth in low risk women; secondary analysis of the RAVEL study

• Main Authors: Sabine L. M. Logtenberg (Author), Corine J. Verhoeven (Author), Katrien Oude Rengerink (Author), Anne-Marie Sluijs (Author), Liv M. Freeman (Author), François G. Schellevis (Author), Ben Willem Mol (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Fear of childbirth may reduce the womens' pain tolerance during labour and may have impact on the mother-infant interaction. We aimed to assess (1) the association between fear of childbirth antepartum and subsequent request for pharmacological pain relief, and (2) the assoc...