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Sense of Coherence and Post-Traumatic Stress after Emergency Cesaerean Section

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Vibeke Tham and Elsa Lena Ryding

Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Background: An unplanned operative delivery is often experienced as a mental trauma. It is important to identify women with an increased risk of post-traumatic stress symptoms, so that they can have the support and counselling they need.

Methods: A group (n = 122) women who had given birth by emergency caesarean section filled in the self-assessment scale Sense of Coherence two days after birth and the Impact of Event Scale three months postpartum. Obstetric and demographic variables were obtained from the medical records.

Results: A low sense of coherence was associated with being born abroad, ...

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