A birth education program for expectant fathers in Taiwan: Effects on their anxiety

Birth

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 289-296

  Kuo, Su Chen ^a   Li, Hsin Tzu ^c   Lin, Kuan Chia ^c   Chang, Shu Chen ^b   Kao, Chien Huei ^c   Liu, Chieh Yu ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b CHANGHUA CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Anxiety; Childbirth education; Expectant fathers; Self efficacy

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EXPECTANT FATHER; EXPECTATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFORMATION; LABOR; MALE; PAIN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SELF CONCEPT; TAIWAN; THEORY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CURRICULUM; FATHERS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; MALE; NATURAL CHILDBIRTH; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PRENATAL CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TAIWAN;

EID: 70450284453     PISSN: 07307659     EISSN: 1523536X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-536X.2009.00356.x     Document Type: Article

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