Fatigue during pregnancy predicts caesarean deliveries

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 487-494

  Chien, Li Yin ^a   Ko, Yi Li ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Chung Gung Institute of Technology   (Taiwan)

^c NONE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Caesarean deliveries; Maternal fatigue; Midwifery; Nursing; Preterm births

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILD CARE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MATERNAL AGE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL RECORD; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERINATAL INFECTION; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; RESPONSIBILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SITTING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOM; TAIWAN; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 1642396671     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2003.02931.x     Document Type: Article

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