A qualitative study exploring the fear of childbirth experienced by parous women in the Cape Town public obstetric service

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dc.contributor.advisorDyer, Silkeen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorO'Callaghan, Kendall Janeen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-07-28T14:48:43Z
dc.date.available2014-07-28T14:48:43Z
dc.date.issued2008en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncluedes abstract.
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (leaves 52-58).
dc.description.abstractThe aim of this study was to explore the nature of fear experienced by a group of pregnant women utilizing the Cape Town public obstetric service who reported having severe fear of childbirth. The study was undertaken at antenatal clinics within the Peninsula Maternal and Neonatal Service in Cape Town. The subjects included fifteen pregnant women, 21 years and older, irrespective of gestation, who previously carried one pregnancy to at least 28 weeks gestation regardless of pregnancy outcome and who reported severe fear of childbirth in their current pregnancy (defined for the purpose of this study as a score of 7 or more on a visual analogue scale for fear).en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationO'Callaghan, K. J. (2008). <i>A qualitative study exploring the fear of childbirth experienced by parous women in the Cape Town public obstetric service</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Health Sciences ,Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/3052en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationO'Callaghan, Kendall Jane. <i>"A qualitative study exploring the fear of childbirth experienced by parous women in the Cape Town public obstetric service."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Health Sciences ,Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/3052en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationO'Callaghan, K. 2008. A qualitative study exploring the fear of childbirth experienced by parous women in the Cape Town public obstetric service. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - O'Callaghan, Kendall Jane AB - The aim of this study was to explore the nature of fear experienced by a group of pregnant women utilizing the Cape Town public obstetric service who reported having severe fear of childbirth. The study was undertaken at antenatal clinics within the Peninsula Maternal and Neonatal Service in Cape Town. The subjects included fifteen pregnant women, 21 years and older, irrespective of gestation, who previously carried one pregnancy to at least 28 weeks gestation regardless of pregnancy outcome and who reported severe fear of childbirth in their current pregnancy (defined for the purpose of this study as a score of 7 or more on a visual analogue scale for fear). DA - 2008 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2008 T1 - A qualitative study exploring the fear of childbirth experienced by parous women in the Cape Town public obstetric service TI - A qualitative study exploring the fear of childbirth experienced by parous women in the Cape Town public obstetric service UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/3052 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/3052
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationO'Callaghan KJ. A qualitative study exploring the fear of childbirth experienced by parous women in the Cape Town public obstetric service. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Health Sciences ,Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 2008 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/3052en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecologyen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Health Sciencesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherObstetrics and Gynaecologyen_ZA
dc.titleA qualitative study exploring the fear of childbirth experienced by parous women in the Cape Town public obstetric serviceen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
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