Experience of support among mothers with and without post-traumatic stress symptoms following emergency caesarean section

Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 175-180

  Tham, Vibeke ^a   Ryding, Elsa Lena ^b   Christensson, Kyllike ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Content analysis; Emergency caesarean section; Post traumatic stress; Support; Telephone interview

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; EMOTION; FAMILY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MIDWIFE ATTITUDE; NERVOUSNESS; PATIENT INFORMATION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PUERPERIUM; SHAME; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; EMERGENCIES; EMOTIONS; FAMILY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MOTHERS; NURSE MIDWIVES; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 77956339296     PISSN: 18775756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.srhc.2010.06.004     Document Type: Article

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