Manifestation and Associated Factors of Pregnancy-Related Worries in Expectant Fathers.

ABSTRACT: Background: During the last decades, fathers have increasingly participated in prenatal care, birth preparation classes, and childbirth. However, comparably little is known about the prenatal emotional well-being of fathers, particularly content and extent of broader paternal concerns that may arise during pregnancy beyond those focusing on childbirth. Thus, the aims of this study were to investigate the manifestation of paternal pregnancy-related worries in a population-based sample and to identify relevant associated factors. Materials and Methods: As part of a longitudinal pregnancy cohort at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany, N = 129 expectant fathers were assessed once during pregnancy. Pregnancy-related worries centering around medical proc

SUBMITTER: Gobel A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7759496 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature