Maternal fear associated with pregnancy and childbirth in Hong Kong Chinese women

Women and Health

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 79-92

  Tsui, Michelle H ^a   Pang, Man W ^a   Melender, Hanna Leena ^b   Xu, L ^c   Lau, Tze K ^a   Leung, Tse N ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c Clinical Trials and Epidemiology Research Unit   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Childbirth; Chinese; Maternal fear; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DELIVERY; FEAR; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; LABOR; LABOR PAIN; METHODOLOGY; MOTHER; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEAR; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; LABOR PAIN; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MOTHERS; NEGATIVISM; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 34247525615     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: 15410331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J013v44n04_05     Document Type: Article

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