ReviewInternational journal of environmental research and public health2023
Prevalence of Antenatal Anxiety in European Women: A Literature Review.
Review in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06609291 (Telematic Prenatal Psychological Intervention for Preventing Anxious Symptomatology), which is not on this map. Cited by 16 papers.
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Telematic Prenatal Psychological Intervention for Preventing Anxious Symptomatology
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16 citing papers in PubMed, 33 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Greek validation of the Pregnancy Experience Scale-Brief (PES-Brief): psychometric evaluation of prenatal stress in pregnant women.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2026Observational
- A qualitative study exploring patient and healthcare practitioner perspectives about at-home fetal Doppler devices.npj women's health · 2026Article
- Factors associated with insomnia, anxiety, and depression among antenatal women in China: A cross-sectional hospital-based study.PloS one · 2026Article
- Preventive Psychological Interventions for the Management of Perinatal Anxiety: A Systematic Review.Brain sciences · 2025Review
- Risk Factors for Prenatal Anxiety in European Women: A Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Exploring Self-Perceived Stress and Anxiety Throughout Pregnancy: A Longitudinal Study.Diseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Prevalence and correlates of depressive and anxiety symptoms among pregnant women from an urban informal settlement in Nairobi, Kenya: a community-based cross-sectional study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Article
- Users remain overlooked: Shared decision-making processes for people with anxiety disorders.Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing · 2025Article
- Protective factors of prenatal depression, anxiety and stress: a network analysis of Bernstein's strengths model.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Associations between mental health conditions in pregnancy and maternal socioeconomic status: a population-based retrospective cohort study in Ontario, Canada.BMC women's health · 2024Article
- Prenatal Telepsychological Intervention for Preventing Anxiety: A Study Protocol.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Panic disorder during pregnancy: A scoping review.Heliyon · 2024Article
- Anxiety, prenatal distress, and resilience during the first trimester of gestation.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S P · 2024Article
- Anxiety and associated factors in Northwest Ethiopian pregnant women: a broad public health concern.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Prevalence of Antenatal Anxiety and Associated Factors Among Pregnant Women in Jordan: A Multicentre Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of primary care & community healthArticle
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Abstract
The presence of anxiety during pregnancy is associated with adverse consequences for both mothers and their babies. The aim of this study was to review the prevalence of anxiety in European pregnant women in order to find out which countries have published the most studies in respect to the presence of anxiety during pregnancy, which countries are the most and least prevalent in terms of anxiety within pregnant women, and which are the most common tools used to assess anxiety during this stage. As such, a literature review was conducted regarding the studies that were published in the last twenty years in the PsycInfo, Medline, and SCOPUS databases. Thirty-eight studies were selected for the purposes of this review. The prevalence of anxiety in pregnancy and generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) varies considerably between studies. The European countries that have carried out the most research on this issue are Spain, Italy, and the United Kingdom. The most widely used assessment instrument is the State Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI). The lowest prevalence rate of anxiety, using the STAI-E, was found in Poland, 7.7%, and the highest was found in Italy, 36.5%. The prevalence of GAD ranges from 0.3% to 10.8%. This indicates that anxiety in pregnant women is a very relevant mental health problem. It is therefore important to detect and intervene early in order to promote the well-being of both mothers and children.
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