The effects of postpartum stress and social support on postpartum women's health status

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 676-684

  Hung, Chich Hsiu ^a,c   Chung, Hsin Hsin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NONE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Body changes; Eastern culture; Family; Health status; Longitudinal study; Maternity role; Postpartum period; Postpartum stress; Social support; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MOTHER; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTNATAL CARE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUERPERAL DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; TAIWAN;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHERS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTNATAL CARE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TAIWAN; URBAN HEALTH; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0035656938     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2001.02032.x     Document Type: Article

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