SynthesisArchives of women's mental health2024
Posttraumatic stress disorder prevalence and childbirth: update meta-analysis after the introduction of the DSM-5 and COVID-19 pandemic.
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- Prediction models for postpartum post-traumatic stress disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC psychiatry · 2026Pooled it
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- Obstetric anesthesia and postpartum mental health: implications from delivery to long-term recovery.Anesthesia and pain medicine · 2026Review
- Risk factors for birth trauma and postpartum posttraumatic stress in the United Kingdom: Results from the international survey of childbirth-related trauma.Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica · 2026Article
- Linking birth experience and perinatal depression symptoms to neuroanatomical changes in hippocampus and amygdala.Science advances · 2025Article
- The Validation of the Perinatal Post-Traumatic Questionnaire in the Italian Population: Risk and Protective Factors.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
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Abstract
purposeMeta-analyses were previously performed to estimate PTSD prevalence in the postpartum period. Significant events that could impact this outcome occurred in the last decade, such as the publication of the DSM-5 in 2013 and the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. This systematic literature review with a meta-analysis addressed studies published after 2014 to estimate PTSD prevalence after childbirth.
methodThe methodological guidelines recommended by PRISMA were followed. The meta-analysis estimate was the proportion of PTSD cases. The restricted maximum likelihood (REML) was the method adopted for estimation in addition to multilevel random effect models. Subgroup analyses were performed to assess the impact of interest variables.
resultsThe estimated prevalence was 0.10 (95%CI: 0.8-0.13; I
conclusionsThere is a potential increase in PTSD prevalence rates after childbirth in the last decade not associated with the pandemic or the current diagnostic classification. Most studies showed a methodological fragility that must be overcome to understand this phenomenon better and support preventive actions and treatment for puerperal women.
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