How safe is the treatment of pregnant women with fear of childbirth using eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy? Obstetric outcomes of a multi-center randomized controlled trial.

"CONFLICT OF INTEREST STATEMENT AdJ has been a board member of the Dutch EMDR Association and EMDR Europe Association, and receives fees for courses and books about trauma and EMDR. The other authors have no potential conflicts of interest."

"FUNDING INFORMATION The OptiMUM‐study received grants from the Stichting EMDR Nederland (Dutch EMDR Association), Fonds Gezond Geboren, Stichting Teaching Hospital OLVG, and Stichting Wetenschap OLVG, all awarded to the principal investigator MvP."

"The study protocol was approved by the Medical Research Ethics Committee of the OLVG Hospital (reference number NL49305.100.14) on November 18, 2014 and registered prospectively (www.trialregister.nl, NTR5122), which is now included in the International Trial Registry Platform (ICTRP) (accessible through https://trialsearch.who.int/Trial2.aspx?TrialID=NTR51220). The RCT was registered on March 31, 2015, with the first participant included on April 1, 2015. There was no active patient or public involvement in the design of this trial."