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| Prevalence of fear of childbirth in Chinese pregnant women: a meta-analysis |
| 1. Chongqing University Cancer Hospital, Chongqing, 400030; 2. The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University |
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Abstract To systematically review the prevalence of fear of childbirth (FOC) among pregnant women in China, and to provide evidences for preventing and treating FOC of the women. Methods: The data bases of PubMed, Web of Science, Embase, Cochrane Library, CNKI, WanFang Data, VIP, and SinoMed were searched to collect the cross-sectional studies on the prevalence of FOC of the pregnant women in China from inception of these databases to March, 2023. Stata 17.0 software was used to perform the meta-analysis. Results：A total of 21 cross-sectional studies were included in this study, which involving 8815 pregnant women. The results of meta-analysis indicated that the total incidence of FOC of the pregnant women in China was 72.1% (95%CI 0.687-0.754). Subgroup analysis showed that the incidences of FOC investigated before and after 2020 were 73.6% (95%CI 0.690-0.783) and 70.7% (95% CI 0.658-0.755). The incidences of FOC of the women were 70.9% (95%CI 0.669-0.750) in south, and 74.9% (95%CI 0.686-0.812) in north. The incidences of FOC of the primipara and the multipara were 76.7% (95%CI 0.709-0.825) and 69.8% (95%CI 0.658-0.738). The incidences of the women with aged ≤29 years old and the women with aged >29 year old were 69.7% (95%CI 0.663-0.732) and 79.6% (95%CI 0.695-0.897). Conclusion: The incidence of FOC of the pregnant women in China is high, which should be paid more attention to screen early by medical staffs, and the related intervention should be conducted for these pregnant women.
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