Health-related quality of life in pregnancy and postpartum among women with assisted conception in Canada

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 188-195.e1

  Vinturache, Angela ^a   Stephenson, Nikki ^a   McDonald, Sheila ^a   Wu, Muci ^a   Bayrampour, Hamideh ^a   Tough, Suzanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Assisted conception; mental health; physical health; quality of life; SF 12

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SHORT FORM 12; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FERTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; CANADA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED;

EID: 84943422018     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2015.04.012     Document Type: Article

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