Women's experiences of perineal pain during the immediate postnatal period: A cross-sectional study in Brazil

Midwifery

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Amorim Francisco, Adriana ^a   Junqueira Vasconcellos de Oliveira, Sonia Maria ^b   Barbosa da Silva, Flora Maria ^b   Bick, Debra ^c   Gonzalez Riesco, Maria Luiza ^b  

^a HOSPITAL ISRAELITA ALBERT EINSTEIN   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Episiotomy; Pain; Perineum; Postnatal care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DELIVERY; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERINEUM; PUERPERAL DISORDER; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; BRAZIL; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PERINEUM; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81255206987     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2010.10.012     Document Type: Article

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