Postpartum physical symptoms and depressive symptomatology at 1 month and 1 year after delivery: A longitudinal questionnaire survey

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1201-1208

  Chien, Li Yin ^a   Tai, Chen Jei ^b,c   Hwang, Fang Ming ^d   Huang, Chiu Mieh ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL CHIAYI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Depression; Parity; Physical symptoms; Postpartum; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; QUESTIONNAIRE; TAIWAN;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; TAIWAN;

EID: 67650742368     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2009.02.007     Document Type: Article

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