Hydrotherapy in labor

Research in Nursing and Health

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 57-67

  Benfield, Rebecca D ^a   Herman, JoAnne ^b   Katz, Vern L ^c   Wilson, Steven P ^d   Davis, J Mark ^b  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c Hospice of Sacred Heart   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Catecholamine; Hydrotherapy; Immersion; Labor; Pain

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYDROTHERAPY; LABOR COMPLICATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOTHER; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NURSING; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; PLASMA VOLUME; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE;

ADULT; ANXIETY; CATECHOLAMINES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROTHERAPY; MOTHERS; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PILOT PROJECTS; PLASMA VOLUME; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035259902     PISSN: 01606891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1098-240X(200102)24:1<57::AID-NUR1007>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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