Pre-and postpartum levels of childbirth fear and the relationship to birth outcomes in a cohort of Australian women

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 667-677

  Fenwick, Jennifer ^a   Gamble, Jenny ^b   Nathan, Elizabeth ^c   Bayes, Sara ^d   Hauck, Yvonne ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c KING EDWARD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Childbirth; Intervention; Midwifery; Nurses; Nursing

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIRTH; CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EMERGENCY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN NURSING; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUERPERIUM; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EMERGENCIES; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEONATAL NURSING; ODDS RATIO; PARITY; PARTURITION; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60349131507     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2008.02568.x     Document Type: Article

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