Evaluation of changes in postnatal care using the "Parents' Postnatal Sense of Security" instrument and an assessment of the instrument's reliability and validity

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Kvist, Linda J ^a,b   Persson, Eva K ^b  

^a HELSINGBORG HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO PREGNANCY; BREAST FEEDING EDUCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; MATERNAL CARE; MIDWIFE ATTITUDE; PARENT POSTPARTUM SENSE OF SECURITY QUESTIONNAIRE; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTNATAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; VAGINAL DELIVERY; VALIDITY; BREAST FEEDING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; EMOTION; EVALUATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDWIFE; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUERPERIUM; REPRODUCIBILITY; SAFETY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MIDWIFERY; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTNATAL CARE; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAFETY;

EID: 70049083057     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-9-35     Document Type: Article

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