Reliability and validity of the Inventory of Functional Status after Childbirth when used in an Australian population

Nursing and Health Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 107-112

  McVeigh, Carol ^a   Chaboyer, Wendy ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Functional status; Inventory of Functional Status after Childbirth (IFSAC); Motherhood

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD CARE; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; DATA ANALYSIS; DELIVERY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GESTATION PERIOD; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; LABOR; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; READING; RELIABILITY; SELF CARE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WRITING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEW SOUTH WALES; NURSING ASSESSMENT; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0036739575     PISSN: 14410745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-2018.2002.00115.x     Document Type: Article

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