Evaluation of the clinical effect of an on-line course for community nurses on post-partum emotional distress: A community-based longitudinal time-series quasi-experiment

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 494-504

  Thome, Marga ^a   Orlygsdottir, Brynja ^a   Elvarsson, Bjarki Thor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Diagnoses; Iceland; Intervention; Nurse; On line education; Post partum depression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; ICELAND; IN SERVICE TRAINING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MANPOWER; METHODOLOGY; NURSING; ONLINE SYSTEM; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; ICELAND; INSERVICE TRAINING; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; ONLINE SYSTEMS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84864761435     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: 14716712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2011.00954.x     Document Type: Article

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