%0 Journal Article %T The association between pregnancy-specific anxiety and preterm birth: a cohort study %A Mahshid Bokaie %A Zahra Bostani Khalesi %J Archive of "African Health Sciences". %D 2018 %R 10.4314/ahs.v18i3.14 %X Antenatal anxiety may have long-term negative effects on pregnancy outcome. Antenatal anxiety can also be detrimental to maternal health during pregnancy. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the association between pregnancy-specific anxiety and preterm birth in pregnant women %K Pregnancy-specific anxiety %K preterm birth %K pregnancy outcome %U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6306999/