The Assessment of Natural Vaginal Delivery in Relation to Pregnancy-Related Anxiety-A Single-Center Pilot Study.

More than two-thirds of the respondents (72.6%) were medicated in labor. Women with high PrA, selected based on a cut-off point with a total PRAQ-R2 score of 60, experienced significantly longer first (start of established labor to fully dilated cervix) and second (lasts from when cervix is fully dilated until the birth) periods of labor, instrumental delivery, or emergency CS. In the group with high PrA levels, a episiotMmentation of evidence-based recommendations for the affected population to identify and further treat women with elevated levels of PrA.