Comparing Internet-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy With Standard Care for Women With Fear of Birth: Randomized Controlled Trial

Elisabet Rondung   ^{1 *} , MS Psych ;   Elin Ternström   ^{2 *} , RN, RM, PhD ;   Ingegerd Hildingsson   ^{2, 3} , RN, RM, PhD ;   Helen M Haines   ⁴ , RN, RM, BN, MPH, PhD ;   Örjan Sundin   ¹ , MS Psych, PhD ;   Johanna Ekdahl   ¹ , MS Psych, PhD ;   Annika Karlström   ³ , RN, RM, PhD ;   Birgitta Larsson   ³ , RN, RM, PhD ;   Birgitta Segeblad   ⁵ , MD, PhD ;   Rebecca Baylis   ² , RN, RM ;   Christine Rubertsson   ^{2, 6} , RN, RM, PhD

¹ Department of Psycholgy, Mid Sweden University, Östersund, Sweden

² Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

³ Department of Nursing, Mid Sweden University, Sundsvall, Sweden

⁴ Department of Rural Health, The University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

⁵ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden

⁶ Department of Health Science, Faculty of Medicine, Lund university, Lund, Sweden

*these authors contributed equally