PTSD following childbirth: A prospective study of incidence and risk factors in Canadian women

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 257-263

  Verreault, Nancy ^a,b   Da Costa, Deborah ^a,c   Marchand, André ^b   Ireland, Kierla ^a   Banack, Hailey ^a,c   Dritsa, Maria ^a   Khalifé, Samir ^d  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Childbirth; Incidence; Prospective; PTSD; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ANXIETY SENSITIVITY INDEX; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILDBIRTH; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EDINBURGH POSTNATAL DEPRESSION SCALE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL DISEASE; MODIFIED PTSD SYMPTOM SCALE SELF REPORT; MOS SOCIAL SUPPORT SURVEY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PERCEPTION OF CARE QUESTIONNAIRE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL ABUSE; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; STRUCTURED CLINICAL INTERVIEW FOR DSM DISORDERS; TRAUMA HISTORY QUESTIONNAIRE; WIJMA DELIVERY EXPECTANCY/EXPERIENCE QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; CANADA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PARTURITION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; WOMEN;

EID: 84866324892     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: 18791360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2012.07.010     Document Type: Article

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