Antenatal interventions to reduce maternal distress: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised trials

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 389-397

  Fontein Kuipers, Y J ^a   Nieuwenhuijze, M J ^a   Ausems, M ^a   Bude L ^a   De Vries, R ^a,b  

^a ZUYD UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Interventions; maternal distress; mental health; midwifery; pregnancy; public health

Indexed keywords

INTERVENTIONS; MATERNAL DISTRESS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDWIFERY; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL CARE; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84894252779     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.12500     Document Type: Review

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