Obstetric care providers are able to assess psychosocial risks, identify and refer high-risk pregnant women: Validation of a short assessment tool - The KINDEX Greek version

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Spyridou, Andria ^a   Schauer, Maggie ^a,b   Ruf Leuschner, Martina ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b Universität Konstanz und Vivo International EV   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; CRITERION RELATED VALIDITY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FINANCIAL DEFICIT; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; INJURY; INTERVIEW; KINDEX SUM SCORE; MEDICAL STAFF; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDWIFE; MIGRATION; OBSTETRIC PROCEDURE; OBSTETRICIAN; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL SCREENING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE PARENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL WORK; STRESS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VALIDATION STUDY; DEPRESSION; GREECE; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL CARE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; STANDARDS;

ADULT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDWIFERY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANT WOMEN; PRENATAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOPATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84924118654     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12884-015-0462-y     Document Type: Article

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