Postnatal quality of life assessment: Introducing the Mother-Generated Index

Birth

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 40-46

  Symon, Andrew ^a,d   MacDonald, Anna ^c   Ruta, Danny ^b  

^a School of Nursing and Midwifery   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c Taymount Terrace Surgery ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATISTICS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; PARITY; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; VALIDATION PROCESS; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTHERS; PILOT PROJECTS; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0036182901     PISSN: 07307659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-536X.2002.00154.x     Document Type: Article

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