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SynthesisJournal of affective disorders2016

Identifying the women at risk of antenatal anxiety and depression: A systematic review.

Alessandra Biaggi, Susan Conroy, Susan Pawlby, Carmine M Pariante

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Synthesis in Journal of affective disorders, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05680272 (The Effect of Empathic Communication-Based Education on Women's Positive Birth Perception Awareness and Birth Experience), which is not on this map. Cited by 740 papers, 8 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT05680272 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2023, after this paper: background citation

The Effect of Empathic Communication-Based Education on Women's Positive Birth Perception Awareness and Birth Experience

TypeinterventionalSponsorKahramanmaras Sutcu Imam UniversityRan2023 to 2024Enrolled72ConditionsPregnancy RelatedArmsempathic communication-based education
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

740 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  3. Operationalizing psychological trauma in pregnancy: A systematic review.Psychological trauma : theory, research, practice and policy · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Alessandra BiaggiPO63 Section of Perinatal Psychiatry, Department of Psychosis Studies, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF, United Kingdom. Electronic address: alessandra.biaggi@kcl.ac.uk.
Susan ConroySection of Perinatal Psychiatry, Department of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.
Susan PawlbySection of Perinatal Psychiatry, Department of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.
Carmine M ParianteSection of Perinatal Psychiatry, Department of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.

Funding

Medical Research Council G108/603Medical Research Council MR/J002739/1Medical Research Council MR/L014815/1Medical Research Council MR/N029488/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPregnancy is a time of increased vulnerability for the development of anxiety and depression. This systematic review aims to identify the main risk factors involved in the onset of antenatal anxiety and depression.

methodsA systematic literature analysis was conducted, using PubMed, PsychINFO, and the Cochrane Library. Original papers were included if they were written in English and published between 1st January 2003 and 31st August 2015, while literature reviews and meta-analyses were consulted regardless of publication date. A final number of 97 papers were selected.

resultsThe most relevant factors associated with antenatal depression or anxiety were: lack of partner or of social support; history of abuse or of domestic violence; personal history of mental illness; unplanned or unwanted pregnancy; adverse events in life and high perceived stress; present/past pregnancy complications; and pregnancy loss. LIMITATIONS: The review does not include a meta-analysis, which may have added additional information about the differential impact of each risk factor. Moreover, it does not specifically examine factors that may influence different types of anxiety disorders, or the recurrence or persistence of depression or anxiety from pregnancy to the postpartum period.

conclusionsThe results show the complex aetiology of antenatal depression and anxiety. The administration of a screening tool to identify women at risk of anxiety and depression during pregnancy should be universal practice in order to promote the long-term wellbeing of mothers and babies, and the knowledge of specific risk factors may help creating such screening tool targeting women at higher risk.

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Women's HealthAnxietyDepressionFemaleHumansPregnancyPregnancy ComplicationsRisk FactorsAntenatal anxietyAntenatal depressionAntenatal mental healthRisk factors

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PMID26650969
PMCPMC4879174

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