NICU admissions and maternal stress levels

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 380-384

  Chourasia, Nitish ^a   Surianarayanan, Pushkala ^a   Adhisivam, B ^a   Vishnu Bhat, B ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL INSTITUTE OF POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Maternal stress; Neonatal intensive care unit (NICU); PSS: NICU; Stressor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LIKERT SCALE; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL STRESS; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENTAL STRESSOR SCALE NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; PREMATURITY;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; LENGTH OF STAY; MATERNAL AGE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MOTHERS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84887424541     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: 09737693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12098-012-0921-7     Document Type: Article

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