Women's prelabour preference for epidural analgesia: A cross-sectional study among women from the Netherlands and Belgium

Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 22-28

  Wassen, Martine ^a   Miggiels, Lieke ^a   Devlieger, Roland ^b   Gyselaers, Wilfried ^c   Mertens, Helen ^d   Hasaart, Tom ^e   Wijnen, Ella ^f   Reu, Paul De ^g   Roumen, Frans ^d   Nijhuis, Jan ^a   Smits, Luc ^h   Scheepers, Hubertina ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^d Sittard Geleen Heerlen   (Netherlands)

^e CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^f VieCuri ^*  (Netherlands)

^g Midden Brabant Midwifery Care Center   (Netherlands)

^h MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coping; Fear of childbirth; Midwifery; Obstetrics; Pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LABOR PAIN; MATERNAL AGE; MIDWIFE; NETHERLANDS; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; OBSTETRIC PROCEDURE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; WOMEN PRELABOUR PREFERENCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ATTITUDE; BELGIUM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR PAIN; MATERNAL AGE; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84873676156     PISSN: 0167482X     EISSN: 17438942     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0167482X.2012.760541     Document Type: Article

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