Crying babies, tired mothers: What do we know? A systematic review

Midwifery

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 187-194

  Kurth, Elisabeth ^a   Kennedy, Holly Powell ^b   Spichiger, Elisabeth ^a   Hösli, Irene ^c   Zemp Stutz, Elisabeth ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Colic; Infant crying; Postpartum fatigue; Postpartum period

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD CARE; CRYING; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MATERNAL CARE; METHODOLOGY; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; PUERPERIUM; SLEEP DISORDER; STANDARD;

CHRONOBIOLOGY DISORDERS; CRYING; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT BEHAVIOR; INFANT CARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL-CHILD NURSING; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; POSTPARTUM PERIOD;

EID: 79953167921     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2009.05.012     Document Type: Article

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