Source Reference: Weiner S, et al "Prenatal maternal psychological distress during the COVID-19 pandemic and newborn brain development" JAMA Netw Open; DOI 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.17924.

Prenatal maternal distress was significantly positively correlated with average fractional anisotropy (FA) in the right uncinate fasciculus (A), and negatively correlated with mean diffusivity ...

Maternal psychological distress was assessed using the six-item Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K6), administered twice during pregnancy: once in the first half (median 15.1 weeks) and again ...

Objectives: To evaluate: (1) the associations between maternal psychological stress, distress and low birth weight (LBW), prematurity and intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR); (2) the ...

Maternal distress. Among pregnant women who responded to the questionnaires, 34 (27.6%) in the pre-pandemic cohort and 26 (52%) in the pandemic cohort had elevated distress indicated in at least ...

Small studies have identified postpartum depression as a risk factor for asthma in children who are genetically predisposed to asthma.

By streamlining the data collection process, we can also improve maternal care, including providers’ ability to recognize maternal complications and signs of maternal distress that often result ...

Maternal distress is being emotionally imbalanced and mentally strained during the period of pregnancy. Stressful feelings can be chronic like difficulty getting up in the morning, being in a low ...

Addressing maternal health disparities in American Indian and Alaska Native communities will require identifying data gaps ...

Maternal psychological distress was assessed using the six-item Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K6), administered twice during pregnancy: once in the first half (median 15.1 weeks) and again ...