Ingegerd Hildingsson
Researcher at Institutionen för kvinnors och barns hälsa; Obstetrisk och reproduktiv hälsoforskning
- Telephone:
- +46 18 611 98 25
- E-mail:
- ingegerd.hildingsson@uu.se
- Visiting address:
- MTC-huset, Dag Hammarskjölds väg 14B, 1 tr
752 37 Uppsala - Postal address:
- Akademiska sjukhuset
751 85 UPPSALA - Available:
- MTC-huset, Dag Hammarskjölds Väg 14B, våning 2
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Research
My research area is mainly about childbirth fear and caesarean section on maternal request, but also studies about midwives’ wellbeing and midwifery student’s confidence and competence at the end of their education. Ingegerd Hildingsson has authored over 100 peer-reviewed published paper and several book chapters. She has expertise in quantitative methods, intervention studies, including RCT's, mixed methods, and qualitative methods. She works closely with international researchers in Australian, Africa, UK, Ireland and US and has a large national network in Sweden where she is one of the leading researchers in midwifery.
Publications
Recent publications
- A cluster analysis of reasons behind fear of birth among women in Sweden (2024)
- How midwives' perceptions of work empowerment have changed over time (2023)
- 'A perfect fit' - Swedish midwives' interest in continuity models of midwifery care (2023)
- Foreign-born women rated medical and emotional aspects of postnatal care higher than women born in Sweden (2023)
- Why and when choosing child-free life in Sweden? Reasons, influencing factors and personal and societal factors (2023)
All publications
Articles
- A cluster analysis of reasons behind fear of birth among women in Sweden (2024)
- How midwives' perceptions of work empowerment have changed over time (2023)
- 'A perfect fit' - Swedish midwives' interest in continuity models of midwifery care (2023)
- Foreign-born women rated medical and emotional aspects of postnatal care higher than women born in Sweden (2023)
- Why and when choosing child-free life in Sweden? Reasons, influencing factors and personal and societal factors (2023)
- Conflicting attitudes between clinicians and women regarding maternal requested caesarean section (2023)
- Previous negative experiences of healthcare reported by Swedish pregnant women with fear of birth-A mixed method study (2023)
- Care and support when a baby is stillborn (2023)
- 'A longing for a sense of security' - Women's experiences of continuity of midwifery care in rural Sweden (2022)
- Depressive symptoms during pregnancy and after birth in women living in Sweden who received treatments for fear of birth (2022)
- The role of women’s emotional profiles in birth outcome and birth experience (2022)
- Postpartum bonding and association with depressive symptoms and prenatal attachment in women with fear of birth (2022)
- Perceptions and imagined performances of pregnancy, birth and parenting among voluntarily child-free individuals in Sweden (2022)
- Fulfilment of expectations on birth and the postpartum period - A Swedish cohort study (2022)
- Self-compassion and professional quality of life among midwives and nurse assistants (2022)
- Women's Experiences of Care During Pregnancy in a Continuity of Midwifery Care Project in Rural Sweden (2021)
- The trajectory of fear of birth during and after pregnancy in women living in a rural area far from the hospital and its labour ward (2021)
- Childbirth experience in women participating in a continuity of midwifery care project (2021)
- Quality of intrapartum care assessed by women participating in a midwifery model of continuity of care (2021)
- Caseload midwifery in a rural Australian setting (2021)
- Women's worries during pregnancy; a cross-sectional survey using the Cambridge Worry Scale in a rural area with long distance to hospital (2021)
- Anxiety and depressive symptoms in women with fear of birth (2021)
- Testing the birth attitude profile scale in a Swedish sample of women with fear of birth (2021)
- Demanding and rewarding (2021)
- The three pathways to becoming a midwife (2021)
- African midwifery students' self-assessed confidence in postnatal and newborn care (2021)
- Depression, anxiety and stress in Swedish midwives (2020)
- Pregnant women’s emotional well-being and attitudes (2020)
- Birth outcome in a caseload study conducted in a rural area of Sweden (2020)
- A continuity of care project with two on-call schedules (2020)
- Childbirth experiences among women with fear of birth randomized to internet-based cognitive therapy or midwife counseling (2020)
- A modified caseload midwifery model for women with fear of birth, women's and midwives' experiences (2020)
- Quality improvement in postnatal care (2020)
- Coping Strategies of Norwegian Healthcare Professionals Facing Perinatal Death (2019)
- Women's advice to healthcare professionals regarding breastfeeding (2019)
- Women with fear of childbirth might benefit from having a known midwife during labour (2019)
- A known midwife can make a difference for women with fear of childbirth- birth outcome and experience of intrapartum care (2019)
- African midwifery students’ self-assessed confidence in antenatal care. (2019)
- African midwifery students' self-assessed confidence in antenatal care (2019)
- A known midwife can make a difference for women with fear of childbirth-birth outcome and women's experiences of intrapartum care (2019)
- Few women receive a specific explanation of a stillbirth - an online survey of women's perceptions and thoughts about the cause of their baby's death (2019)
- Women's experience of midwife-led counselling and its influence on childbirth fear (2019)
- The association of teaching-learning methods and self-confidence of nurse-midwives (2019)
- Prospective questionnaire study showed that higher self-efficacy predicted longer exclusive breastfeeding by the mothers of late preterm infants. (2018)
- Contraindications in planned home birth in Iceland (2018)
- Exploring the Fear of Birth Scale in a mixed population of women of childbearing age (2018)
- Caseload midwifery for women with fear of birth is a feasible option (2018)
- Emotional well-being and the importance for women with fear of birth to have a known midwive at birth-a Swedish pilot study. (2018)
- Women's and men's negative experience of child birth-A cross-sectional survey (2018)
- Factors influencing decision-making for caesarean section in Sweden - a qualitative study (2018)
- Heterogenity in childbirth related fear or anxiety. (2018)
- Heterogeneity in childbirth related fear or anxiety (2018)
- Comparing Internet-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy With Standard Care for Women With Fear of Birth (2018)
- Self-assessed confidence of students on selected midwifery skills (2018)
- Prevalence of Prolonged Latent Phase and Labor Outcomes (2018)
- Midwives experiences of participating in a midwifery research project (2018)
- Developing competence and confidence in midwifery-focus groups with Swedish midwives (2017)
- Professional confidence among Swedish final year midwifery students - A cross-sectional study (2017)
- Midwives' Management during the Second Stage of Labor in Relation to Second-Degree Tears-An Experimental Study (2017)
- Sense of coherence in pregnant and new mothers - A longitudinal study of a national cohort of Swedish speaking women (2017)
- Presence and process of fear of birth during pregnancy (2017)
- Birth preference in women undergoing treatment for childbirth fear (2017)
- A randomized controlled study comparing internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy and counselling by standard care for fear of birth (2017)
- Mother's postnatal stress (2016)
- Perineal injuries and birth positions among 2992 women with a low risk pregnancy who opted for a homebirth (2016)
- Maternal attitudes towards home birth and their effect on birth outcomes in Iceland (2016)
- Australian, Irish and Swedish women's perceptions of what assisted them to breastfeed for six months (2016)
- Midwifery empowerment (2016)
- Swedish women's interest in models of midwifery care - Time to consider the system? (2016)
- Swedish fathers contemplate the difficulties they face in parenthood (2016)
- Counseling for childbirth fear (2016)
- Prenatal attachment and its association with foetal movement during pregnancy (2016)
- Pregnant women's thoughts when assessing fear of birth on the Fear of Birth Scale (2016)
- Primiparous women's preferences for care during a prolonged latent phase of labour (2015)
- Identifying women who are afraid of giving birth (2015)
- Outcome of Planned Home and Hospital Births among Low-Risk Women in Iceland in 2005-2009 (2015)
- Autonomy in place of birth (2015)
- Women's birth expectations, are they fulfilled? (2015)
- How Long Is a Normal Labor? (2015)
- Swedish midwives' perception of their practice environment - A cross sectional study (2015)
- The “Pregnant Man” - Expecting Fathers Experience Pregnancy-Related Changes (2015)
- The meaning of a very positive birth experience (2015)
- The effects of counseling on fear of childbirth (2015)
- Women's preferences and received pain relief in childbirth (2015)
- Maternal depressive symptoms have a negative impact on prenatal attachment (2015)
- Do the pre-service education programmes for midwives in India prepare confident 'registered midwives'? (2015)
- Women's attitudes towards fertility and childbearing - A study based on a national sample of Swedish women validating the Attitudes to Fertility and Childbearing Scale (AFCS) (2015)
- Higher prevalence of childbirth related fear in foreign born pregnant women (2015)
- The Swedish Version of the Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy Scale-Short Form (2014)
- Swedish couples’ attitudes towards birth, childbirth fear and birth preferences and relation to mode of birth (2014)
- Swedish women’s expectations about antenatal care and change overtime (2014)
- Childbirth fear in Swedish fathers is associated with parental stress as well as poor physical and mental health (2014)
- Childbirth fear in expectant fathers (2014)
- Parental stress in mothers and fathers one year after birth (2014)
- 'As long as they are safe - Birth mode does not matter' Swedish fathers' experiences of decision-making around caesarean section (2014)
- Development of a tool to evaluate fetal movements in full-term pregnancy (2014)
- Women's experiences of two different self-assessment methods for monitoring fetal movements in full-term pregnancy (2014)
- Diverse definitions of prolonged labour and its consequences with sometimes subsequent inappropriate treatment (2014)
- Psychometric evaluation and refinement of the Prenatal Attachment Inventory (2014)
- Creating a safe haven-women's experiences of the midwife's professional skills during planned home birth in four Nordic countries. (2014)
- Mothers' satisfaction with group antenatal care versus individual antenatal care (2013)
- The Role of Women’s Attitudinal Profiles in Satisfaction with the Quality of their Antenatal and Intrapartum Care (2013)
- First-Time Parents’ Perception of Antenatal Education in Sweden (2013)
- Women's satisfaction with antenatal care (2013)
- Factors Associated With a Positive Birth Experience (2013)
- Parents' experiences of an instrumental vaginal birth findings from a regional survey in Sweden (2013)
- Burnout in Swedish midwives (2013)
- Intrapartum care could be improved according to Swedish fathers (2013)
- Fathers want to stay close to their partner and new baby in the early postnatal period (2013)
- Important factors working to mediate Swedish fathers' experiences of a caesarean section (2013)
- Improvements of postnatal care are required by Swedish fathers (2013)
- Maternal and infant outcome after caesarean section without recorded medical indication (2013)
- First-time mothers' wish for a planned caesarean section (2013)
- Comparison of breastfeeding in rural areas of Sweden and Australia - a cohort study (2013)
- Attitudes toward fertility and childbearing scale (2013)
- Who decides the position for birth? A follow-up study of a randomised controlled trial. (2013)
- Labour augmentation and fetal outcomes in relation to birth positions (2013)
- Parents' experiences and perceptions of group-based antenatal care in four clinics in Sweden. (2012)
- Make the stillborn baby and the loss real for the siblings (2012)
- The influence of women's fear, attitudes and beliefs of childbirth on mode and experience of birth (2012)
- Womens' attitudes and beliefs of childbirth and association with birth preference (2012)
- Mental training during pregnancy. Feelings and experiences during pregnancy and birth and parental stress 1 year after birth - a pilot study. (2012)
- Perinatal outcomes and satisfaction with care in women with high body mass index. (2012)
- Self reported fear of childbirth and its association with women's birth experience and mode of delivery (2012)
- Striving for scientific stringency (2012)
- Indications for cesarean section on maternal request--guidelines for counseling and treatment. (2012)
- Few fathers-to-be prefer caesarean section for the birth of their baby (2010)
- Cesarean Section without Medical Reason, 1997 to 2006 (2010)
- Disclosure and police reporting of intimate partner violence postpartum (2010)
- Partner support in the childbearing period (2008)
- Inte rimligt fråga alla gravida om partnervåld (2008)
- Screening måste grundas vetenskapligt (2008)
- Screening inom mödrahälsovården för partnervåld (2008)
- Depressive mood in early pregnancy and postpartum (2005)
- What factors in early pregnancy indicate that the mother will be hit by her partner during the year after childbirth? A nationwide Swedish survey (2004)
- A negative birth experience (2004)
- Few women wish to be delivered by caesarean section (2002)
- A randomized controlled trial comparing Internet-based cognitive behavior therapy with standard care for women with fear of birth
Chapters
