Prenatal maternal stress is associated with delivery analgesia and unplanned cesareans

Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 141-146

  Saunders, Tracie A ^a   Lobel, Marci ^b   Veloso, Christine ^b   Meyer, Bruce A ^c  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Cesarean; Pregnancy; Stress; Surgical delivery

Indexed keywords

OPIATE; PETHIDINE;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; FETUS HEART; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL DELIVERY; LABOR PAIN; LIFE EVENT; MATERNAL DISEASE; MEDICAL RECORD; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL MATERNAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; STRESS; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALGESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANXIETY; CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HEART RATE, FETAL; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MOTHERS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PSYCHOMETRICS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 33750851595     PISSN: 0167482X     EISSN: 17438942     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01674820500420637     Document Type: Article

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