Fear of childbirth among antenatal care attendees in a primary care setting in Kumasi, Ghana: Prevalence and parity-stratified determinants
Juliana Ofosua Addo, Douglas Aninng Opoku, Julius Kwabena Karikari, Emmanuel Konadu, Mercy Addae, Francis Kwabena Kyei, Mawuse Kanfra, Obed Kwabena Offe Amponsah, Eric Adjei Boadu, Mesfin Abebe · 2026
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Juliana Ofosua Addo leads a team measuring fear of childbirth among pregnant women at a primary care clinic in Kumasi, Ghana. Earlier African studies mostly split results by first time versus experienced mothers without hunting separate causes in each group. Their survey of 282 antenatal patients used a standard fear questionnaire, then ran separate models for the two groups to expose what drives fear in each.
About twenty two percent of women scored in the high to severe fear range, and first time mothers scored clearly higher. For them, family abuse history and late clinic booking raised fear. For experienced mothers, partner violence and unplanned pregnancy raised it, while schooling and strong family support lowered it. Addo and the team call for fear screening tailored to each group.
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| CREATOR | Juliana Ofosua Addo, Douglas Aninng Opoku, Julius Kwabena Karikari, Emmanuel Konadu, Mercy Addae, Francis Kwabena Kyei, Mawuse Kanfra, Obed Kwabena Offe Amponsah, Eric Adjei Boadu, Mesfin Abebe |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 28 KB |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |