Anxiety levels in women undergoing prenatal maternal serum screening for Down syndrome: The effect of a fast reporting system by mobile phone short-message service

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 417-421

  Cheng, Po Jen ^a,c   Wu, Tzong Lin ^b   Shaw, Sheng Wen ^a   Chueh, Ho Yen ^a   Lin, Cheng Tao ^a   Hsu, Jenn Jeih ^a   Hsieh, T'sang T'ang ^a   Soong, Yung Kuei ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Down syndrome; Screening; Short message service; Spielberger state trait anxiety inventory

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL SERUM; MOBILE PHONE; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANXIETY; CELLULAR PHONE; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; REMOTE CONSULTATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 45249096054     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: 10970223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.1988     Document Type: Article

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