Katri NieminenLinköping University | LiU · Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine (IKE)
Katri Nieminen
Senior Consultant, Department of ob/gyn. Vrinnevihospital, Norrköping
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The primary aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of previous trauma exposure among expectant birth-giving parents and their partners within a LBTQ population. The secondary aims were to compare fear of childbirth (FOC) and quality of life (QoL) in relation to previous trauma exposure in pregnant LBTQ people and their partners. A furthe...
Background
Menstrual pain is relatively common among young girls. Many girls turn to youth clinics when seeking care for menstrual problems.
Objective
The objective of the study was to describe midwives’ experiences of supporting girls with menstrual pain.
Methods
This is a qualitative study with an inductive approach. Semi-structured interviews...
Background: Most studies of fear of childbirth (FOC) are conducted on heterosexual cisgender pregnant populations of birth-giving parents. Among lesbian and bisexual women, as well as transgender and queer people (LBTQ), minority stress can add an extra layer to FOC. Gender binary and cisnormative assumptions leave it to the patient to educate and...
The primary aim of the study was to analyze differences in post-traumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) and quality of life (QoL) between women with and without severe fear of childbirth postpartum (PP FOC). The secondary aims were to analyze the correlation between PP FOC and PTSS, and PP FOC and QoL, in women undergoing complicated childbirth. This cros...
Objective
To conduct an empirical validation of the theoretical model of midwifery care suggested by Peters et al. (2020).
Design
A qualitative deductive methodology was used to validate the theoretical model of aims and objectives of midwifery care. The existing model was validated for midwifery care before, during and after childbirth by intervi...
OBJECTIVE: To describe how women with severe fear of childbirth postpartum recall the professional support they received before, during, and after childbirth.
STUDY DESIGN: This is a qualitative study based on telephone interviews with 10 women reporting fear of childbirth postpartum and who had given birth in 2018. They were interviewed using a se...
Objective
To explore and describe norms concerning maternity, femininity and cisgender in lesbian and bisexual women and transgender people (LBT) assigned female at birth, with an expressed fear of childbirth (FOC).
Design
Semi-structured interviews were conducted with self-identified LBT people with an expressed FOC.
Participants
17 self-identif...
Background
Fear of childbirth (FOC) may affect family planning in lesbian, bisexual and transgender (LBT) couples with two potential carriers of a pregnancy. FOC has previously been researched in heterosexual women, while experiences of LBT people have remained unattended. The choice of birth-giving partner in same-sex couples has gained some atten...
Objective:
To explore and describe thoughts about and experiences of pregnancy, childbirth and reproductive healthcare in lesbian and bisexual women and transgender people (LBT) with an expressed fear of childbirth (FOC).
Design:
Data were collected through semi-structured interviews with self-identified LBTs with an expressed FOC.
Participants...
Introduction:
The objective of this study was to calculate costs associated with severe FOC during pregnancy and peripartum by comparing two groups of women expecting their first child and attending an ordinary antenatal program; one with low fear of childbirth (FOC) and one with severe FOC.
Material and methods:
In a prospective case control co...
The aim of this study was to analyse the effects of trauma-focused guided Internet-based cognitive behaviour therapy for relieving posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms following childbirth, a problem that about 3% women encounter postpartum. Following inclusion, 56 traumatized women were randomized to either treatment or to a waiting list...
ABSTRACT
Background: Although giving birth is a positive experience for many, some 10% of
pregnant Swedish women suffer from severe fear of childbirth (FOC), which impairs
their daily functioning and poses a risk for a negative delivery experience. This thesis
focuses on the mental and health-economic effects of severe FOC, and explores new
treatme...
Objective:
The aim of the present study was to test the feasibility of Internet interventions among nulliparous women suffering from severe fear of childbirth (FOC) by means of an Internet-delivered therapist-supported self-help program based on cognitive behavioral therapy (ICBT).
Design:
Prospective, longitudinal cohort study.
Setting:
A fea...
Objective
To describe the expectations concerning imminent childbirth before and after 8 weeks of internet-based cognitive behavioural therapy (ICBT) among nulliparous pregnant women with severe fear of childbirth.DesignQualitative study of nulliparous pregnant women's narratives before and after CBT.SettingThe first ICBT programme for treating sev...
To investigate Swedish women's level of antenatal fear of childbirth at various gestational ages, and factors associated with intense fear and with preference for cesarean section.
A cross-sectional study.
All antenatal clinics in four geographical areas.
Thousand six hundred and thirty-five pregnant women at various gestational ages recruited duri...
Preeclampsia is a pregnancy-specific syndrome. The immune system in preeclampsia is changed with an increased innate activity and there is a hypothesis of a shift towards Th1-type immunity. The aim of this study was to determine a spectrum of soluble immunological factors denoting different aspects of immune activation in third trimester sera from...
It has been suggested that maladaptation of the maternal immune response during pregnancy might be a causal factor for preeclampsia. This study was designed to examine the systemic immune status at both the innate level and the adaptive level in pregnancies complicated by preeclampsia (n=15) and normal pregnancies (n=15). Spontaneous and in vitro-i...
A Th1-shift has been suggested to be involved in the pathogenesis of preeclampsia. This study was designed to compare Th1/Th2 related cytokine secretion in blood between women with preeclampsia (n = 15) and normal pregnancies (n = 15), using a high-sensitivity technique for cytokine detection.
Spontaneous as well as 'fetus-specific' and recall anti...
Preeclampsia is a severe complication engaging 5–10% of all pregnancies. Immune mechanisms have been suggested in the etiology of this disease.
AIM: To study the systemic spontaneous and fetus-specific cytokine production by peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) in women with preeclampsia and normal pregnancies.
METHODS: PBMCs from nine women...
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The INTERSECT study works in collaboration with principle investigators across the world, with an emphasis on working with under-represented countries in South-America, Asia and Africa. This research aims to study childbirth PTSD in an international context. Principle investigators in each country have the responsibility of conducting the INTERSECT survey with postpartum women in their country. The INTERSECT project will thus result in cross-cultural information on the prevalence of postpartum PTSD, as well as cross-cultural variation in the etiology and manifestation of childbirth-related PTSD worldwide. The INTERSECT study aims specifically to:
1. Determine the prevalence of birth trauma and PTSD across countries and cultures.
2. Determine differences in symptom presentation across countries and cultures.
3. Determine the etiology of childbirth-related PTSD symptoms across countries and cultures.
We are still looking for researchers from unrepresented countries, especially (but not only) from Asia, Africa, and South America. Please contact the core team by using this link:
https://blogs.city.ac.uk/intersect/contact-us/
A CBT program for treatment of severe fear of childbirth is tested in a RCT on nulliparous pregnant women. Half of them are randomized to traditional therapist lead sessions and half to internet-based therapist assisted self-help program. Recruitment is ongoing until september 2016
