Factors influencing maternal distress among Dutch women with a healthy pregnancy

Women and Birth

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2015, Pages e36-e43

  Fontein Kuipers, Yvonne ^a   Ausems, Marlein ^a   Budé, Luc ^a   Van Limbeek, Evelien ^b   De Vries, Raymond ^a,b,c   Nieuwenhuijze, Marianne ^a  

^a ZUYD UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Health promotion; Maternal distress; Mental health; Midwifery; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY ASSESSMENT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; COPING BEHAVIOR ASSESMENT; COPING OPERATIONS PREFERENCE ENQUIRY EASY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDINBURGH POSTNATAL DEPRESSION SCALE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MATERNAL DISTRESS; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RELATED ANXIETY QUESTIONNAIRE; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOMATIZATION; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ANXIETY; BIRTH; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; NETHERLANDS; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; PUERPERIUM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; ANXIETY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; PARTURITION; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84940957737     PISSN: 18715192     EISSN: 18781799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wombi.2015.02.002     Document Type: Article

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