Psychological stress of parents of preterm infants enrolled in an early discharge programme from the neonatal intensive care unit: A prospective randomised trial

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Saenz P ^a   Cerda M ^a   Diaz J L ^b   Yi, P ^b   Gorba, M ^a   Boronat, N ^a   Barreto, P ^b   Vento, M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL INFANTIL LA FE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PARENTAL STRESS; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; WELLBEING;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; INFANT WELFARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 61449186441     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2007.135921     Document Type: Article

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