Posttraumatic stress among mothers of very low birthweight infants at 6 months after discharge from the neonatal intensive care unit

Applied Nursing Research

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 114-117

  Feeley, Nancy ^a,b,c,d   Zelkowitz, Phyllis ^b   Cormier, Carole ^d,e   Charbonneau, Lyne ^b,d   Lacroix, Annie ^d,f   Papageorgiou, Apostolos ^b  

^a Center for Nursing Research   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d GRIISIQ (Quebec Interuniversity Nursing Intervention Research Group)   (Canada)

^e HÔPITAL CHARLES LEMOYNE   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MOTHER; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MOTHERS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 79954836148     PISSN: 08971897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apnr.2009.04.004     Document Type: Article

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