Antenatal telephone support intervention with and without uterine artery Doppler screening for low risk nulliparous women: A randomised controlled trial

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Snaith, Vikki J ^a   Hewison, Jenny ^b   Steen, Ian N ^c   Robson, Stephen C ^c  

^a NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antenatal care; Antenatal visits; Anxiety; Telephone support intervention; Uterine artery Doppler screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; FETAL DOPPLER; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LOW RISK POPULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNITY WARD; MIDWIFE; NULLIPARA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL SCREENING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUPPORT GROUP; TELEPHONE; TELEPHONE SUPPORT INTERVENTION; UTERINE ARTERY DOPPLER SCREENING;

ADULT; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDWIFERY; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TELEPHONE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; UTERINE ARTERY;

EID: 84899082199     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-14-121     Document Type: Article

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