Does offering and performing prenatal screening influence women's attachment to their unborn child? A longitudinal randomized controlled trial

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 757-764

  Kleinveld, Johanna H ^a   Timmermans, Daniëlle R M ^a,c   Van Den Berg, Matthijs ^a   Van Eijk, Jacques Th M ^b   Ten Kate, Leo P ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bonding; Prenatal attachment; Prenatal attachment inventory; Prenatal screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGENITAL DISORDER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL SERUM; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCHAL TRANSLUCENCY MEASUREMENT; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MATERNAL-FETAL RELATIONS; NETHERLANDS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 34547801265     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: 10970223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.1775     Document Type: Article

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