The Role of Labor Pain and Overall Birth Experience in the Development of Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms: A Longitudinal Cohort Study

Birth

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 108-115

  Garthus Niegel, Susan ^a,b   Knoph, Cecilie ^c   von Soest, Tilmann ^d   Nielsen, Christopher S ^b   Eberhard Gran, Malin ^b,c  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^c AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Labor pain; Longitudinal cohort study; Overall birth experience; Posttraumatic stress symptoms after childbirth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR PAIN; LONGITUDINAL COHORT STUDY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NORWAY; OVERALL BIRTH EXPERIENCE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS SYMPTOMS AFTER CHILDBIRTH; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

LABOR PAIN; LONGITUDINAL COHORT STUDY; OVERALL BIRTH EXPERIENCE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS SYMPTOMS AFTER CHILDBIRTH;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR PAIN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; NORWAY; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84896536768     PISSN: 07307659     EISSN: 1523536X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/birt.12093     Document Type: Article

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