Tiredness and fatigue in the postnatal period

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 463-469

  McQueen, Anne ^a   Mander, Rosemary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Childbirth education; Fatigue; Midwifery; Motherhood; Postnatal period; Tiredness

Indexed keywords

CHILDBIRTH; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; FATIGUE; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MATERNAL CARE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDLINE; MIDWIFE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PERINATAL PERIOD; REVIEW; SOCIAL SUPPORT; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LIFE EVENT; MOTHER; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUERPERAL DISORDER;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MOTHERS; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PUERPERAL DISORDERS;

EID: 0037831235     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2003.02645.x     Document Type: Review

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