Telephone support for women during pregnancy and the first six weeks postpartum

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2013, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Lavender, Tina ^a   Richens, Yana ^b   Milan, Stephen J ^c   Smyth, Rebecca M D ^a   Dowswell, Therese ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^c ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD CARE; EDINBURGH POSTNATAL DEPRESSION SCALE; EMERGENCY WARD; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEMATOMA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICE; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEWBORN CARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERINEAL HEMATOMA; POSTNATAL DEPRESSION; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURGICAL INFECTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TELECONSULTATION; FEMALE; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STATISTICS; TELEPHONE; TEXT MESSAGING; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ANXIETY; BREAST FEEDING; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TELEPHONE; TEXT MESSAGING;

EID: 84891658066     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD009338.pub2     Document Type: Review

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