Fetal Movement Counting-Effects on Maternal-Fetal Attachment: A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial

Birth

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 282-293

  Saastad, Eli ^a   Israel, Pravin ^a   Ahlborg, Tone ^b   Gunnes, Nina ^c   Frøen, J Frederik ^d  

^a OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^b AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Fetal movement; Fetal movement counting; Maternal fetal attachment; Prenatal Attachment Inventory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS MOVEMENT; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FETAL MOVEMENT; HUMANS; MATERNAL-FETAL RELATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PRENATAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82155167943     PISSN: 07307659     EISSN: 1523536X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-536X.2011.00489.x     Document Type: Article

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