Are concern for face and willingness to seek help correlated to early postnatal depressive symptoms among Hong Kong Chinese women? A cross-sectional questionnaire survey

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 51-64

  Lau, Ying ^a   Fu Keung Wong, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Early postnatal depressive symptoms; Face; Hong Kong Chinese women; Willingness to seek help

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENIAL; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MOTHER; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERCEPTION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SHAME; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENIAL (PSYCHOLOGY); DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SURVEYS; HONG KONG; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MOTHERS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SHAME; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL VALUES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 36549079666     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2006.08.002     Document Type: Article

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