Is infertility really associated with higher levels of mental distress in the female population? Results from the North-Trondelag Health Study and the Medical Birth Registry of Norway

Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 38-45

  Biringer, Eva ^a   Howard, Louise Michele ^b   Kessler, Ute ^c,d   Stewart, Robert ^b   Mykletun, Arnstein ^e  

^a Helse Fonna Local Health Enterprise   (Norway)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Bergen Health   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Epidemiology; HUNT study; Infertility; MBRN; Mental health; Population

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NORWAY; COMORBIDITY; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MENTAL HEALTH; ODDS RATIO; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANXIETY; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NORWAY; ODDS RATIO; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84936887098     PISSN: 0167482X     EISSN: 17438942     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0167482X.2014.992411     Document Type: Article

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