Providing letters and audiotapes to supplement a prenatal diagnostic consultation: Effects on later distress and recall

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 23, Issue 13, 2003, Pages 1060-1067

  Cope, C D ^a   Lyons, A C ^b   Donovan, V ^a   Rylance, M ^a   Kilby, M D ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c BIRMINGHAM WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Counselling; Prenatal diagnosis; Provision of post counselling information; Recall of information

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECALL; SELF REPORT;

ADULT; ANXIETY; CORRESPONDENCE; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TAPE RECORDING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0347089088     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.747     Document Type: Article

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