A longitudinal, multi-centre, superiority, randomized controlled trial of internet-based cognitive behavioural therapy (iCBT) versus treatment-as-usual (TAU) for negative experiences and posttraumatic stress following childbirth: The JUNO study protocol

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Sjömark, Josefin ^a   Parling, Thomas ^a,b   Jonsson, Maria ^a   Larsson, Margareta ^a   Skoog Svanberg, Agneta ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

iCBT; Immediate caesarean section; Negative birth experience; Postpartum haemorrhage; Posttraumatic stress following childbirth; PTSD; PTSD following childbirth; Study protocol

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILDBIRTH; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERNET; LIKERT SCALE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COUNSELING; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUPERIORITY TRIAL; BIRTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; METHODOLOGY; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; POSTNATAL DEPRESSION; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PARTURITION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESEARCH DESIGN; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85054241928     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12884-018-1988-6     Document Type: Article

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