TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2008//
TI  - Fear during labor: the impact of sexual abuse in adult life
JO  - Journal of psychosomatic obstetrics and gynaecology
A1  - Eberhard-Gran, Malin
A1  - Slinning, Kari
A1  - Eskild, A.
SP  - 258
EP  - 261
VL  - 29
IS  - 4
N2  - Our aim was to study the occurrence of extreme fear during labor and its association with previous sexual abuse in adult life. All postpartum women (n = 414) in two municipalities in Norway participated in a questionnaire study. Self-reported fear during labor was categorized as "no fear/some fear/extreme fear". Sexual abuse was measured by the Abuse Assessment Screen (AAS). Three percent of the women reported extreme fear during labor, 13% some fear and 84% no fear. In total, 12% had been sexually abused as an adult. Among the women with extreme fear during labor, however, one third had a history of sexual abuse in adult life (crude odds ratio 3.7; 95% CI: 1.0-3.7). When controlling for depression in pregnancy, duration of labor and mode of delivery, the adjusted odds ratio for extreme fear during labor was 4.9 (95% CI: 1.2-19.1). The results suggest that women with a history of sexual abuse in adult life have an increased risk of extreme fear during labor.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0167-482X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01674820802075998
ID  - ref1
ER  -