Effects of Lavender Tea on Fatigue, Depression, and Maternal-Infant Attachment in Sleep-Disturbed Postnatal Women

Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 370-379

  Chen, Shu Lan ^a   Chen, Chung Hey ^b  

^a FOOYIN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Depression; Lavender tea; Maternal infant attachment; Postpartum fatigue

Indexed keywords

TEA;

ADULT; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LAVENDER; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; TAIWAN; TEA;

ADULT; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LAVANDULA; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; PREGNANCY; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TAIWAN; TEA;

EID: 84958748884     PISSN: 1545102X     EISSN: 17416787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/wvn.12122     Document Type: Article

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