ArticleBMC pregnancy and childbirth2023
Women's experiences of trauma, the psychosocial impact and health service needs during the perinatal period.
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- Optimal types and doses of exercise for improving sleep quality in perinatal women: a systematic review and network meta-analysis based on randomized controlled trials.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2026Pooled it
- Effects of mind-body therapies on sleep quality in perinatal women: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Frontiers in public health · 2026Pooled it
- Operationalizing psychological trauma in pregnancy: A systematic review.Psychological trauma : theory, research, practice and policy · 2026Pooled it
- Efficacy of mind-body exercise for perinatal depression and anxiety: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2025Pooled it
- Women's experiences of specialist perinatal mental health services: a qualitative evidence synthesis.Archives of women's mental health · 2023Pooled it
- An Integrative Review Exploring Womens' Experiences of Retraumatization Within Perinatal Services.Journal of midwifery & women's healthPooled it
- Bridges to treatment satisfaction: the roles of trauma, social support, race and ethnicity among perinatal women receiving behavioural activation therapy.BMC medicine · 2025Trial
- Exploring trauma-informed prenatal care preferences through diverse pregnant voices.BMC health services research · 2025Trial
- Perinatal Clinicians' Perspectives on Addressing Clinician Psychological Trauma and Well-Being in Perinatal Care.Research in nursing & health · 2026Article
- Brief Narrative Exposure Therapy for Perinatal Trauma: A Case Study.Cognitive and behavioral practice · 2026Article
- Effect of multidisciplinary closed-loop care on pregnancy outcomes in anxiety and depression.World journal of psychiatry · 2026Article
- A Community-Based Trauma-Informed Care Curriculum on Women's Health for Third-Year Medical Students.MedEdPORTAL : the journal of teaching and learning resources · 2026Article
- Healthcare utilisation among low-income individuals affected by violence in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: a retrospective cohort study.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Clinical Supervision Models for Non-specialist Providers Delivering Psychotherapy: A Qualitative Analysis.Administration and policy in mental health · 2025Article
- Reframing obstetric care through a trauma-informed lens: A narrative review of trauma-informed principles and clinical applications.Pregnancy (Hoboken, N.J.) · 2025Review
- Analysis of variables affecting postpartum quality of life: their relative influence and interrelationships.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Article
- From grief to resilience: a qualitative study of women's reactions and coping methods after perinatal loss in Türkiye.BMJ open · 2025Article
- Episiotomy and perineal trauma during childbirth in primiparous women: associations with anxiety, quality of life, vaginal and sexual symptoms in the first year postpartum.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- An integrative review of how midwives are screening and assessing for trauma in women within perinatal services.PloS one · 2025Review
- Treatment and counselling preferences of postpartum women with and without symptoms of (childbirth-related) PTSD: findings of the cross-sectional study INVITE.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundTraumatic events are associated with psychological and physical health problems for women in the perinatal period (i.e., pregnancy-12-months after childbirth). Despite the negative impact of trauma on perinatal women, the long-term impact of such diverse trauma and women's experience during the perinatal period remains understudied.
methodsThis study explored two research questions: 1) What are the psychological experiences of perinatal women who have experienced interpersonal traumatic events? And 2) What are the service needs and gaps expressed by women relating to perinatal medical protocols and psychological services? These questions were addressed via in-depth semi-structured qualitative interviews with nine perinatal women (one pregnant and eight postpartum) residing in central Canada who reported experiencing interpersonal traumatic events occurring from adolescence to the perinatal period. Recruitment and data collection occurred from October 2020 to June 2021. Interviews were audio-recorded, transcribed, and analyzed according to constructivist grounded theory.
resultsThe emergent grounded theory model revealed the central theme of the role of prior trauma in shaping women's perinatal experiences, with four related main themes including perinatal experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic, the role of social support in women's perinatal experiences, the barriers that women experienced while seeking psychological and medical services prior to the perinatal period and during the perinatal period, and the specific needs of perinatal women with a history of interpersonal trauma.
conclusionsFindings of this research highlight the negative and long-lasting impact of traumatic events experienced on women's psychological health and psychosocial functioning during the perinatal period, as well as perinatal women's unmet psychological and medical service needs. A call to action for perinatal researchers and clinicians is imperative in furthering this important area of research and practicing person-centered and trauma-informed care with this population.
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