In the Nepalese context, can a husband's attendance during childbirth help his wife feel more in control of labour?

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Sapkota, Sabitri ^a   Kobayashi, Toshio ^a   Kakehashi, Masayuki ^a   Baral, Gehanath ^b   Yoshida, Istuko ^c  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Paropakar Maternity and Women's Hospital   (Nepal)

^c TENRI HEALTH CARE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR MANAGEMENT; LABOUR AGENTRY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL CARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WELLBEING;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; NEPAL; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSES;

EID: 84862160553     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-12-49     Document Type: Article

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