Can father inclusive practice reduce paternal postnatal anxiety? A repeated measures cohort study using the hospital anxiety and depression scale

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Tohotoa, Jenny ^a   Maycock, Bruce ^a   Hauck, Yvonne L ^a   Dhaliwal, Satvinder ^a   Howat, Peter ^a,b   Burns, Sharyn ^a   Binns, Colin W ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Centre for Behavioural Research in Cancer Control   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BREAST FEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATHER; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATERNAL ANXIETY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK REDUCTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ANXIETY; BREAST FEEDING; COHORT STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FATHERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84866774648     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-12-75     Document Type: Article

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