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Barbro Wijma is affiliated with Linköping University in Sweden. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Social Sciences, with notable contributions to subfields including Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science, and Health.

Their research topics cover a range of areas related to maternal and workplace health, such as:

  • Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions
  • Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
  • Workplace Violence and Bullying
  • Intimate Partner and Family Violence
  • Nursing education and management

Barbro Wijma has coauthored studies alongside researchers including Anne-Marie Sluijs, Klaas Wijma, Marc P. H. D. Cleiren, J. M. M. van Lith, and Anke Zbikowski.

Their recent publications include:

  • Preferred and actual mode of delivery in relation to fear of childbirth, 2020, Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics & Gynecology
  • Counteracting Abuse in Health Care: Evaluating a One-Year Drama Intervention with Staff in Sweden, 2020, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

The venues where these papers have been published reflect the interdisciplinary nature of their work:

  • Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics & Gynecology
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Best Publications

  • Psychometric aspects of the W-DEQ; a new questionnaire for the measurement of fear of childbirth

    K. Wijma;B. Wijma;M. Zar

  • Posttraumatic stress disorder after childbirth: a cross sectional study.

    Klaas Wijma;Johan Söderquist;Barbro Wijma

  • Fear of childbirth during pregnancy may increase the risk of emergency cesarean section

    Elsa Lena Ryding;Barbro Wijma;Klaas Wijma;Håkan Rydhström

  • Risk factors in pregnancy for post‐traumatic stress and depression after childbirth

    Johan Söderquist;Barbro Wijma;G. Thorbert;Klaas Wijma

  • Emotional, physical, and sexual abuse in patients visiting gynaecology clinics: a Nordic cross-sectional study

    Barbro Wijma;B. Schei;Katarina Swahnberg;M. Hilden

  • Pre- and Postpartum Fear of Childbirth in Nulliparous and Parous Women

    Margareta Zar;Klaas Wijma;Barbro Wijma

  • The NorVold Abuse Questionnaire (NorAQ): validation of new measures of emotional, physical, and sexual abuse, and abuse in the health care system among women.

    I.M. Katarina Swahnberg;Barbro Wijma

  • GUILT AND EMPTINESS: WOMEN'S EXPERIENCES OF MISCARRIAGE

    Ann-Sofie Adolfsson;Per-Göran Larsson;Barbro Wijma;Carina Berterö

  • Psychological impact of emergency Cesarean section in comparison with elective Cesarean section, instrumental and normal vaginal delivery

    E L Ryding;K Wijma;B Wijma

  • Traumatic stress after childbirth : the role of obstetric variables

    Johan Söderquist;Klaas Wijma;Barbro Wijma

  • Posttraumatic stress reactions after emergency cesarean section

    Elsa Lena Ryding;Barbro Wijma;Klaas Wijma

  • The longitudinal course of post-traumatic stress after childbirth

    Johan Söderquist;Barbro Wijma;Klaas Wijma

  • Experiences of emergency cesarean section: A phenomenological study of 53 women

    Elsa Lena Ryding;Klaas Wijma;Barbro Wijma

  • Fear, pain and stress hormones during childbirth

    Siw Alehagen;Barbro Wijma;Ulf Lundberg;Klaas Wijma

  • Why do young women continue to have sexual intercourse despite pain

    Eva Elmerstig;Barbro Wijma;Carina Berterö

  • Relations between anxiety disorders and fear of childbirth during late pregnancy

    Margareta Zar;Klaas Wijma;Barbro Wijma

  • Fear of childbirth before, during, and after childbirth.

    Siw Alehagen;Barbro Wijma;Klaas Wijma

  • Women's experiences of the gynecologic examination: factors associated with discomfort.

    Malene Hilden;Katrine Sidenius;Jens Langhoff-Roos;Barbro Wijma

  • Traumatic stress in late pregnancy.

    Johan Söderquist;Klaas Wijma;Barbro Wijma

  • A history of sexual abuse and health: a Nordic multicentre study.

    Malene Hilden;Berit Schei;Katarina Swahnberg;Erja Halmesmäki

  • The NorVold Abuse Questionnaire (NorAQ): validation of new measures of emotional, physical, and sexual abuse, and abuse in the health care system among women - European Journal of Public Health - Vol. 13, 4 - ISBN: 1101-1262 - p.361-366

    I. M. Katarina Swahnberg;Barbro Wijma

Frequent Co-Authors

Klaas Wijma
Klaas Wijma Linköping University
Gerhard Andersson
Gerhard Andersson Linköping University
Ulf Lundberg
Ulf Lundberg Stockholm University
Robert Thornberg
Robert Thornberg Linköping University

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