Sense of coherence and symptoms of post-traumatic stress after emergency caesarean section

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 86, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1090-1096

  Tham, Vibeke ^a,b   Christensson, Kyllike ^a   Ryding, Elsa Lena ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Childbirth; Emergency caesarean section; Post traumatic stress symptoms; Sense of coherence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEAR; FEMALE; FETUS HYPOXIA; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MATERNAL AGE; MOTHERS; PARITY; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34548357019     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016340701507693     Document Type: Article

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