An educational intervention to improve women's ability to cope with childbirth

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 18, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 2125-2135

  Ip, Wan Yim ^a   Tang, Catherine S K ^b   Goggins, William B ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Childbirth; Coping; Education; Midwifery; Randomised controlled trial; Self efficacy

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIRTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; LABOR COMPLICATION; LABOR PAIN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CONCEPT; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; LABOR PAIN; LINEAR MODELS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PARTURITION; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMEN; PRENATAL CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 68149103145     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2008.02720.x     Document Type: Article

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