ArticleArchives of women's mental health2018
Trauma exposure and post-traumatic stress disorder in a cohort of pregnant Peruvian women.
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- Post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms in high-risk pregnant women during the perinatal period: a longitudinal study.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
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- Examining the association among eating disorders and borderline personality disorder: evidence from youth in Saudi Arabia.Journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- Maternal Trauma history, Maternal Mental health, and Child Behavior: A Prospective Study of mother-child Dyads in Lima, Peru.Child psychiatry and human development · 2025Article
- Abnormal neurobehavior profiles observed in the newborn period following low-to-moderate prenatal alcohol exposure.Alcohol, clinical & experimental research · 2025Article
- Characterization of hair cortisol concentration pre-conception and during pregnancy.Psychoneuroendocrinology · 2024Article
- Posttraumatic stress disorder and coping strategies in the postpartum period: A symptomics approach.Journal of psychiatric research · 2022Article
- Validation of the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) for Detecting Depression Among Pregnant Women in Lima, Peru.Current psychology (New Brunswick, N.J.) · 2022Article
- Elucidating posttraumatic stress symptom dimensions and health correlates among postpartum women.Journal of affective disorders · 2021Article
- Racial and ethnic disparities in posttraumatic psychopathology among postpartum women.Journal of psychiatric research · 2021Article
- Psychometric properties of the Spanish version of the 10-item Connor Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) among adolescent mothers in Peru.Journal of child & adolescent trauma · 2021Article
- Trauma Exposure and Mental Health Problems Among Adults in Central Vietnam: A Randomized Cross-Sectional Survey.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2019Article
- Mining latent information in PTSD psychometrics with fuzziness for effective diagnoses.Scientific reports · 2018Article
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Abstract
Women have a higher prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) than men, with a peak during the reproductive years. PTSD during pregnancy adversely impacts maternal and infant health outcomes. The objectives of this study were to estimate the prevalence of antepartum PTSD symptoms in a population of pregnant Peruvian women and to examine the impact of number of traumatic events and type of trauma experienced. The Traumatic Events Questionnaire was used to collect data about traumatic exposures. The Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Checklist-Civilian Version (PCL-C) was used to assess PTSD. Multivariable logistic regression procedures were used to estimate adjusted odds ratios (aOR) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI). Three thousand three hundred seventy-two pregnant women were interviewed. Of the 2920 who reported experiencing one or more traumatic events, 41.8% met criteria for PTSD (PCL-C score ≥ 26). A quarter of participants had experienced four or more traumas, and 60.5% of those women had PTSD. Interpersonal trauma was most strongly associated with PTSD (aOR, 3.20; 95% CI, 2.74-3.74), followed by unspeakable trauma (aOR, 2.87; 95% CI, 2.35-3.50), and structural trauma (aOR, 1.39; 95% CI, 1.15-1.67). These findings indicate the high prevalence of PTSD during pregnancy in the Peruvian population, which is relevant to other countries suffering from terrorism, war, or high rates of violence. This underscores the importance of screening for PTSD in pregnancy.
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