Effectiveness of a counseling intervention after a traumatic childbirth: A randomized controlled trial

Birth

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 11-19

  Gamble, Jenny ^a   Creedy, Debra ^a   Moyle, Wendy ^a   Webster, Joan ^b   McAllister, Margaret ^a   Dickson, Paul ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; MIDWIFE; PATIENT COUNSELING; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRESS; TELEPHONE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; COUNSELING; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DYSTOCIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDWIFERY; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; QUEENSLAND; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 14044252839     PISSN: 07307659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0730-7659.2005.00340.x     Document Type: Article

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