Parents' worried state of mind when fetal ultrasound shows an unexpected finding: A comparative study

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1663-1670

  Larsson, Anna Karin ^a,c   Svalenius, Elizabeth Crang ^a   Maršál, Karel ^b,c   Ekelin, Maria ^a,c   Nyberg, Per ^a   Dykes, Anna Karin ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Experience; Fetus; Parents; Pregnancy; Ultrasound; Worry

Indexed keywords

SURVEYS;

EXPERIENCE; FETUS; PARENTS; PREGNANCY; WORRY;

ULTRASONICS;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FETUS DISEASE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; PARENT; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SWEDEN; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; ANXIETY; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PARENTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; SWEDEN; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 74749093823     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2009.28.12.1663     Document Type: Article

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