Postpartum physical symptoms in new mothers: Their relationship to functional limitations and emotional well-being

Birth

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 179-187

  Webb, David A ^a,f   Bloch, Joan R ^b   Coyne, James C ^c   Chung, Esther K ^d,e   Bennett, Ian M ^c   Culhane, Jennifer Flatow ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NEMOURS ALFRED I DUPONT HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^f DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional limitations; Postpartum depression; Postpartum health; Urban low income mothers

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE; CHECKLIST; CHILD CARE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPAREUNIA; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MOTHER; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; UNITED STATES; WELLBEING;

ADULT; BACK PAIN; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; DYSPAREUNIA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEADACHE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; INTESTINAL DISEASES; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTHERS; NAUSEA; PENNSYLVANIA; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; URINATION DISORDERS;

EID: 50049093949     PISSN: 07307659     EISSN: 1523536X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-536X.2008.00238.x     Document Type: Article

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