A feasibility study for a randomised controlled trial of the Positive Reappraisal Coping Intervention, a novel supportive technique for recurrent miscarriage

BMJ Open

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Bailey, Sarah ^a   Bailey, Chris ^a   Boivin, Jacky ^b   Cheong, Ying ^a   Reading, Isabel ^c   Macklon, Nick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ANXIETY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT ABORTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ABORTION, HABITUAL; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANXIETY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84965185724     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/BMJOPEN-2014-007322     Document Type: Article

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