The Use of Perineal Massage in the Second Stage of Labor and Follow-Up of Postpartum Perineal Outcomes

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 697-718

  Karaçam, Zekiye ^a   Ekmen, Hatice ^b   Çalişir, Hüsniye ^a  

^a ADNAN MENDERES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Aydin State Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY; INTERVIEW; LABOR COMPLICATION; LABOR STAGE 2; MASSAGE; METHODOLOGY; PAIN; PARITY; PERINATAL CARE; PERINEUM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PUERPERIUM; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LABOR STAGE, SECOND; MASSAGE; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PAIN; PARITY; PERINATAL CARE; PERINEUM; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TURKEY; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864661053     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399332.2012.655385     Document Type: Article

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