Pandemic-related stress in pregnant women during the first COVID-19 lockdown and neonatal development
Maternal stress and psychopathology have a negative effect on mothers and neonates. Maternal stress may affect neonatal growth and development both physically and psychologically. To study the impact of pandemic-related pregnancy stress and maternal psychopathological symptoms during the COVID-19 lo...
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Published in | Journal of reproductive and infant psychology Vol. ahead-of-print; no. ahead-of-print; pp. 1 - 16 |
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Main Authors | , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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England
Routledge
19.07.2023
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Summary: | Maternal stress and psychopathology have a negative effect on mothers and neonates. Maternal stress may affect neonatal growth and development both physically and psychologically.
To study the impact of pandemic-related pregnancy stress and maternal psychopathological symptoms during the COVID-19 lockdown in 2020 on neonatal development.
A two-phase prospective study was carried out on a sample of 181 pregnant women ranged from 18 to 40 years old in Spain (Europe). Phase 1: Pandemic-related pregnancy stress (PREPS), Prenatal Distress Questionnaire (PDQ), Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) and the revised version of the Symptom Checklist-90 (SCL-90-R) were used to assess psychological symptoms during the lockdown. In the follow-up (Phase 2), obstetric, birth-related and anthropometric variables were collected from 81 pregnant women-neonates dyads.
Primiparous women showed higher psychopathological symptoms and higher levels of pandemic-related pregnancy stress than multiparous women. A multiple linear regression model showed that pandemic-related pregnancy stress could predict the length of neonate by adjusting for maternal age and gestational age, especially for primiparous women.
Studies assessing neonates development should evaluate the long-term effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on neonates´ length.
States the relation between pandemic-related pregnancy stress and neonatal development by being able to track the effects on neonates whose mothers had high levels of stress during the COVID-19 pandemic. |
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ISSN: | 0264-6838 1469-672X |
DOI: | 10.1080/02646838.2023.2237527 |