Effects of maternal anxiety on perception of fetal movements in late pregnancy

Early Human Development

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 111-122

  Sjöström, Karin ^a   Thelin, Thomas ^a   Maršál, Karel ^a   Valentin, Lil ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Fetal movements; Maternal anxiety; Maternal perception; Maternal stress; Pregnancy; STAI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS HEART RATE; FETUS MONITORING; FETUS MOVEMENT; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL CARE; NORMAL HUMAN; NULLIPARA; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERCEPTION; RATING SCALE; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

EID: 0037685076     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-3782(03)00031-8     Document Type: Article

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