Frida Viirman
Researcher at Department of Women's and Children's Health; Clinical Obstetrics
- Telephone:
- +46 70 777 24 62
- Mobile phone:
- +46 70 777 24 62
- E-mail:
- frida.viirman@uu.se
- Visiting address:
- MTC-huset, Dag Hammarskjölds väg 14B, 1 tr
752 37 Uppsala - Postal address:
- Akademiska sjukhuset
751 85 UPPSALA
Short presentation
As a registered midwife and PhD, I have a special interest in mothers' general health in conjunction with childbirth, and particulary the childbirth experience.

Publications
Recent publications
Assessment of childbirth experience over time - A prospective cohort study
Part of Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, p. 1766-1773, 2025
- DOI for Assessment of childbirth experience over time - A prospective cohort study
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Rating of overall childbirth experience: A qualitative study of a quantitative measurement
Part of Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, p. 658-665, 2025
- DOI for Rating of overall childbirth experience: A qualitative study of a quantitative measurement
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Mother, how are you?: Studies on self-rated health and childbirth experience
2023
Part of European Journal of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology, p. 146-154, 2023
- DOI for Negative childbirth experience in relation to mode of birth and events during labour: a mixed method study
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Part of BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2023
- DOI for Overall childbirth experience: what does it mean? A comparison between an overall childbirth experience rating and the Childbirth Experience Questionnaire 2
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All publications
Articles in journal
Assessment of childbirth experience over time - A prospective cohort study
Part of Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, p. 1766-1773, 2025
- DOI for Assessment of childbirth experience over time - A prospective cohort study
- Download full text (pdf) of Assessment of childbirth experience over time - A prospective cohort study
Rating of overall childbirth experience: A qualitative study of a quantitative measurement
Part of Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, p. 658-665, 2025
- DOI for Rating of overall childbirth experience: A qualitative study of a quantitative measurement
- Download full text (pdf) of Rating of overall childbirth experience: A qualitative study of a quantitative measurement
Part of European Journal of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology, p. 146-154, 2023
- DOI for Negative childbirth experience in relation to mode of birth and events during labour: a mixed method study
- Download full text (pdf) of Negative childbirth experience in relation to mode of birth and events during labour: a mixed method study
Part of BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2023
- DOI for Overall childbirth experience: what does it mean? A comparison between an overall childbirth experience rating and the Childbirth Experience Questionnaire 2
- Download full text (pdf) of Overall childbirth experience: what does it mean? A comparison between an overall childbirth experience rating and the Childbirth Experience Questionnaire 2
Part of Sexual & Reproductive HealthCare, 2022
- DOI for Negative childbirth experience-what matters most?: a register-based study of risk factors in three time periods during pregnancy
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Part of BMJ Open, 2022
- DOI for Antepartum and labour-related single predictors of non-participation, dropout and lost to follow up in a randomised controlled trial comparing internet-based cognitive-behaviour therapy with treatment as usual for women with negative birth experiences and/or post-traumatic stress following childbirth
- Download full text (pdf) of Antepartum and labour-related single predictors of non-participation, dropout and lost to follow up in a randomised controlled trial comparing internet-based cognitive-behaviour therapy with treatment as usual for women with negative birth experiences and/or post-traumatic stress following childbirth
Part of BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2022
- DOI for Effect of internet-based cognitive behaviour therapy among women with negative birth experiences on mental health and quality of life: a randomized controlled trial
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Part of Birth, p. 541-549, 2021
- DOI for Self‐rated health before pregnancy and adverse birth outcomes in Sweden: A population‐based register study
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