Mode of birth and women's psychological and physical wellbeing in the postnatal period

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Rowlands, Ingrid J ^a   Redshaw, Maggie ^b  

^a QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Childbirth; Maternal health; Mode of birth; Postpartum; Posttraumatic stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MATERNAL CARE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PHYSICAL WELLBEING; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; RANDOM SAMPLE; SELF REPORT; VAGINAL DELIVERY; WELLBEING; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; BREAST FEEDING; CESAREAN SECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; ENGLAND; EXTRACTION, OBSTETRICAL; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; OBSTETRICAL FORCEPS; PAIN; PARTURITION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS;

EID: 84870056816     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-12-138     Document Type: Article

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