ReviewJournal of behavioral medicine2020
Conceptualization, measurement, and effects of pregnancy-specific stress: review of research using the original and revised Prenatal Distress Questionnaire.
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The Effects of the One Hour-Whole Body Prenatal Massage Therapy Session on Prenatal Distress and Prenatal Attachment for Women and Their Fetuses During Late Pregnancy: A Randomized Controlled Experimental Trial
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62 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Stress During Pregnancy and Epigenetic Modifications to Offspring DNA: A Systematic Review of Associations and Implications for Preterm Birth.The Journal of perinatal & neonatal nursingPooled it
- Randomized Controlled Trial on the Effect of Group Versus Individual Prenatal Care on Psychosocial Outcomes.Journal of obstetric, gynecologic, and neonatal nursing : JOGNN · 2023Trial
- Online cognitive behavioural therapy as a psychological vaccine against stress during the COVID-19 pandemic in pregnant women: A randomised controlled trial.Journal of psychiatric research · 2022Trial
- Sleep, evening light exposure and perceived stress in healthy nulliparous women in the third trimester of pregnancy.PloS one · 2021Trial
- Prenatal Stress, Enteric Nervous System Development, and the Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis: A Hypothesis-Generating Framework for Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Fibromyalgia.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- Maternal Prenatal Psychosocial Stress in Relation to Maternal and Neonatal Anemia.Current developments in nutrition · 2026Article
- Maternal health literacy status and associated factors among pregnant women: a cross-sectional study in Chongqing, China.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- The association between social media for medical information during pregnancy on maternal mental health at the end of the third trimester.Archives of women's mental health · 2025Article
- The Contribution of Dispositional Gratitude and Different Stress Sources to Personal Growth Among Women Pregnant with Their First Child.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Mental health service utilization among pregnant and postpartum women: status, determinants, and insights from a mixed-methods study.BMC public health · 2025Article
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- Modifiable Risk Factors for Hypertensive Disorders in Pregnancy.Critical public health · 2025Article
- Depression and anxiety in Chinese pregnant women in the mid-phase of the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in global women's health · 2025Article
- The role of allostatic load in adverse pregnancy outcomes: a multisystem, developmental perspective.Frontiers in global women's health · 2025Review
- Gendered Racism in Pregnancy and Stress among Women in the United States during the COVID-19 Pandemic.International perspectives in psychology : research, practice, consultation · 2024Article
- The Childbearing sense of coherence scale (CSOC-scale): development and validation.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Computational Approaches for Connecting Maternal Stress to Preterm Birth.Clinics in perinatology · 2024Review
- When pregnancy and pandemic coincide: changes in stress and anxiety over the course of pregnancy.Journal of reproductive and infant psychology · 2024Article
- The pregnant women's perception of risks and pregnancy stress levels: a cross-sectional study from Turkey.Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira (1992) · 2024Article
- Coping with subjective and objective stress during a pandemic pregnancy: implications for maternal mental health.Archives of women's mental health · 2023Article
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Abstract
Pregnancy-specific stress (PSS) arises from the numerous changes that women experience during pregnancy and from their concerns about childbirth and the health of their offspring. Prolonged or elevated maternal stress heightens risk for poor fetal, infant, and child outcomes. The Prenatal Distress Questionnaire (PDQ) and its expanded successor, the revised Prenatal Distress Questionnaire (NuPDQ), were developed to assess PSS, but their psychometric properties and findings are not well-documented. We reviewed research using the PDQ (n = 45) or NuPDQ (n = 37). Results establish that PSS as measured by these instruments is common in pregnancy; PSS is associated with sociodemographic and obstetric characteristics, perceptions of pregnancy, health behaviors, maternal health, and birth outcomes. The NuPDQ is an especially appropriate tool to assess PSS, with demonstrated reliability and convergent, concurrent, and predictive validity. The ability to assess PSS in a reliable and valid manner is critical to advance research and improve maternal and child health.
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