A negative birth experience: Prevalence and risk factors in a national sample

Birth

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 17-27

  Waldenström, Ulla ^a,c   Hildingsson, Ingegerd ^b   Rubertsson, Christine ^a   Rådestad, Ingela ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b MÄLARDALEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c NONE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CAREGIVER; COHORT ANALYSIS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMERGENCY SURGERY; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HELPLESSNESS; HUMAN; LABOR; LABOR INDUCTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL DISEASE; NEGATIVE BIRTH EXPERIENCE; NEWBORN CARE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; PAIN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SWEDEN;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL WELFARE; MOTHERS; PAIN; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 1642411461     PISSN: 07307659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0730-7659.2004.0270.x     Document Type: Article

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