The emotional burden of miscarriage for women and their partners: Trajectories of anxiety and depression over 13 months

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 114, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1138-1145

  Cumming, G P ^a   Klein, S ^b   Bolsover, D ^c   Lee, A J ^d   Alexander, D A ^b   Maclean, M ^e   Jurgens, J D ^f  

^a NHS GRAMPIAN   (United Kingdom)

^b ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL CORNHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^e HAIRMYRES HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f NHS FORTH VALLEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Hospital anxiety and depression scale; Miscarriage

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 34547842757     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2007.01452.x     Document Type: Article

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