The association between depressive symptoms and social support in Taiwanese women during the month

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 573-579

  Heh, Shu Shya ^a   Coombes, Lindsey ^b   Bartlett, Helen ^c  

^a FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Doing the month; Nursing; Postnatal depression; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TAIWAN;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; POSTNATAL CARE; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TAIWAN;

EID: 2342527165     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2004.01.003     Document Type: Article

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