SynthesisBMC psychology2020
A systematic review regarding women's emotional and psychological experiences of high-risk pregnancies.
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- How Risky Pregnant Women Achieve Positive Antenatal Experience: A Cross-Sectional Study of Examination of the Sense of Coherence, Prenatal Distress, and Pregnancy Acceptance.Journal of evaluation in clinical practice · 2025Article
- The Relationship Between Fetal Health Anxiety, Spiritual Well-Being, and Perceived Social Support in High-Risk Pregnant Women in Türkiye.Journal of religion and health · 2025Article
- Alloimmunization in Pregnancy: Patient-reported Quality of Care, Mental Health Effects, and Impact Upon Daily Life.AJP reports · 2025Article
- The impact of inadequate prenatal care on maternal anemia and pregnancy outcomes in Romania.Journal of medicine and life · 2025Article
- Living in a Constant State of Fear: Phenomenological Study on Experiences of Women with High-Risk Pregnancy Waiting for Childbirth in Mpumalanga Province, South Africa.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Validation of the uncertainty stress scale-high-risk pregnancy - Chinese brief version: Rasch analysis.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Article
- Placenta Previa is Associated with Maternal Psychological Distress: A Mediation Analysis of Depression, Anxiety, and Post-Traumatic Stress Symptoms.International journal of women's health · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundHigh-risk pregnancy refers to a pregnancy that negatively affects the health of the mother, the baby, or both. High-risk pregnancy evokes a range of emotional and psychological experiences for the expectant mother, and can adversely affect both the mother and the baby's health. Medical research on high-risk pregnancy abounds, while women's emotional/psychological experiences are not sufficiently documented, and hence much less attention and/or programming is directed to support women with high risk pregnancies.
methodsThe aim of this review is to present published evidence of how studies reported on the emotional and psychological experiences of a woman's high-risk pregnancy journey. The systematic review examined qualitative studies over a 10 year period that were published between January 2006 and June 2017. These studies were identified on 10 databases. The study utilised three stages of review (i.e. abstract reading, title reading, and full-text reading) and for a successful conduction of the meta-synthesis, this study applied one of the phases provided by Noblit and Hare.
resultsThe findings provide empirical evidence that women's emotional and psychological experiences (i.e. shock, fear, frustration, grief, isolation and loneliness, anger, sadness, guilt, and mental health disorder) are evident throughout their high-risk pregnancies experience.
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