The role of anxiety and other factors in predicting postnatal fatigue: From birth to 6 months

Midwifery

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 526-534

  Taylor, Jan ^a   Johnson, Maree ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Fatigue; Postnatal; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MATERNAL CARE; METHODOLOGY; MIDWIFE; MOTHER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PSYCHIATRIC PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF CARE; TIME;

ADULT; ANXIETY; AUSTRALIA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL-CHILD NURSING; MIDWIFERY; MOTHERS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANT WOMEN; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SELF CARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84876725626     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2012.04.011     Document Type: Article

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