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Yang, Yih-Ming; Andrews, Susan; Peterson, Rose; Shah, Arvind; Cepeda, Manuel – Patient Education and Counseling, 2000
Assesses the effect of prenatal education about newborn sickle cell screening on parents' compliance with the follow-up for infants with sickle cell trait. Results show that parents whose prenatal education included sickle cell hemoglobinopathy information retained significantly more of the information given during the post-natal education than…
Descriptors: Followup Studies, Infants, Parents, Patient Education
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Lub-Moss, Marike M. H.; Eurelings-Bontekoe, E. H. M. – Patient Education and Counseling, 1997
Experience treating women with hyperemesis gravidarum (HG) from varied sociocultural backgrounds in a large inner-city general hospital is related to a literature review. Subgroups were identified according to personality pathology, psychiatric symptoms, and psychosocial stress factors. Accurate assessment, needs of individuals, treatment…
Descriptors: Counseling, Medical Services, Meta Analysis, Patient Education
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Hunfeld, J. A. M.; Wladimiroff, J. W.; Passchier, J. – Patient Education and Counseling, 1997
Women (N=46) with ultrasound-diagnosed lethal fetal anomaly in late pregnancy were studied. Psychological instability, general psychological distress, depression, and despair were measured over four years and related to normal versus "neurotic" personality dispositions. Findings are presented; the need for medical intervention, emotional support,…
Descriptors: Bereavement, Counseling, Depression (Psychology), Emotional Adjustment