SynthesisWomen and birth : journal of the Australian College of Midwives2023
The effect of COVID-19 lockdowns on women's perinatal mental health: a systematic review.
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- The Impact of Covid-19 on Women's Mental Health and Wellbeing During Pregnancy and the Perinatal Period: A Mixed-Methods Systematic Review.Inquiry : a journal of medical care organization, provision and financingPooled it
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- Taxonomy of access to mental healthcare for economically marginalized women during a public health crisis: a qualitative study of obstetric professionals and perinatal women during the COVID-19 pandemic.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Feasibility and acceptability of conducting a birth cohort study during the COVID-19 pandemic: a mixed-methods study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Article
- COVID-19 and anxiety in pregnancy and postpartum: a longitudinal survey.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Prepartum working conditions predict mental health symptoms 14 months postpartum in first-time mothers and their partners - results of the prospective cohort study "DREAM".BMC public health · 2025Article
- Early-Pregnancy Resilience Characteristics before versus during the COVID-19 Pandemic.American journal of perinatology · 2024Article
- The effects of public health and social measures (PHSM) implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic: An overview of systematic reviews.Cochrane evidence synthesis and methods · 2024Review
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- GESTACOVID Project: Psychological and Perinatal Effects in Spanish Pregnant Women Subjected to Strict Confinement Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic and Their Evolution during De-Escalation.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- The Mental Health Impacts of a Pandemic: A Multiaxial Conceptual Model for COVID-19.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Resilience and Psychological Well-Being of Polish Women in the Perinatal Period during the COVID-19 Pandemic.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Screening for postpartum depression and risk of suicidality with obstetrical patients: a cross-sectional survey.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2023Article
- Pregnant in a Pandemic: Connecting Perceptions of Uplifts and Hassles to Mental Health.Journal of health psychology · 2023Article
- Women's suggestions on how to improve the quality of maternal and newborn care during the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy: A co-occurrence network analysis.Journal of global health · 2023Article
- "We Should Be Working Together, and It Felt like They Disrupted That": Pregnant Women and Partners' Experiences of Maternity Care in the First UK COVID-19 Pandemic Lockdown.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Impact of Facebook on Social Support and Emotional Wellbeing in Perinatal Women during Three Waves of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Mexico: A Descriptive Qualitative Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Adaptation and psychometric study of the scale for the measurement of fear and anxiety of COVID-19 disease in pregnant women (AMICO_Pregnant).Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Unleashing the link between the relaxation of the COVID-19 control policy and residents' mental health in China: the mediating role of family tourism consumption.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundRisk factors for poor maternal perinatal mental health include a previous mental health diagnosis, reduced access to perinatal services, economic concerns and decreased levels of social support. Adverse maternal perinatal mental health can negatively influence the psychological wellbeing of infants. The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic presented an additional stressor. While literature on the impact of COVID-19 on perinatal mental health exists, no systematic review has focused specifically on maternal perinatal mental health during periods of COVID-19 lockdown.
aimsThis systematic review explores how periods of COVID-19 lockdown impacted women's perinatal mental health.
methodsSearches of CINAHL, PsycARTICLES, PsycINFO, PubMed, Scopus and Web of Science were conducted for literature from 1st January 2020-25th May 2021. Quantitative, peer-reviewed, cross-sectional studies published in English with perinatal women as participants, and data collected during a period of lockdown, were included. Data was assessed for quality and narratively synthesized.
findingsSixteen articles from nine countries met the inclusion criteria. COVID-19 lockdowns negatively impacted perinatal mental health. Risk factors for negative perinatal mental health noted in previous literature were confirmed. In addition, resilience, educational attainment, trimester, and ethnicity were identified as other variables which may influence mental health during perinatal periods experienced during lockdown. Understanding nuance in experience and harnessing intra and interpersonal support could advance options for intervention.
conclusionDeveloping resources for perinatal women that integrate informal sources of support may aid them when normal routine is challenged, and may mediate potential long-term impacts of poor perinatal maternal health on infants.
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