The influence of women's preferences and actual mode of delivery on post-traumatic stress symptoms following childbirth: A population-based, longitudinal study

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Garthus Niegel, Susan ^a,b,c   von Soest, Tilmann ^b,d   Knoph, Cecilie ^a   Simonsen, Tone B ^a   Torgersen, Leila ^b   Eberhard Gran, Malin ^a,b  

^a AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Akershus birth cohort; Mismatch; Mode of delivery; Post traumatic stress symptoms following childbirth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILDBIRTH; DELIVERY; DEPRESSION; EDINBURGH POSTNATAL DEPRESSION SCALE; EDUCATION; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; IMPACT OF EVENTS SCALE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROSIS; PARITY; PERSONALITY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL ABUSE; VAGINAL DELIVERY; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY DISORDER; BIRTH; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEAR; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CESAREAN SECTION; DEPRESSION; ELECTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PARTURITION; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902275524     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-14-191     Document Type: Article

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