Preterm Birth and Social Support during Pregnancy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 523-535

  Hetherington, Erin ^a   Doktorchik, Chelsea ^a   Premji, Shahirose S ^a   McDonald, Sheila W ^b   Tough, Suzanne C ^a,b   Sauve, Reg S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

meta analysis; preterm birth; review; social support; stress

Indexed keywords

BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOMESTIC PARTNERSHIP; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; MATERNAL STRESS; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADULT; ANXIETY; ETIOLOGY; FEMALE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MENTAL STRESS; NEWBORN; POSTNATAL CARE; PREMATURE BIRTH; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL CARE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; ANXIETY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH; PRENATAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84943355977     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: 13653016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ppe.12225     Document Type: Review

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