The relationship between severe maternal morbidity and psychological health symptoms at 6-8 weeks postpartum: A prospective cohort study in one English maternity unit

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Furuta, Marie ^a   Sandall, Jane ^b   Cooper, Derek ^b   Bick, Debra ^c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cohort studies; Post traumatic; Postnatal care; Pregnancy complications; Puerperal disorders; Stress disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BODY MASS; CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; ECLAMPSIA; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HELLP SYNDROME; HUMAN; IMPACT OF EVENTS SCALE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRUSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; OBSTETRIC HEMORRHAGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARITY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREECLAMPSIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; PUERPERIUM; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STILLBIRTH; UNITED KINGDOM; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALS, MATERNITY; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; MORBIDITY; PARTURITION; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899493774     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-14-133     Document Type: Article

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