The Relationship Between Prematurity and Maternal Mental Health in the First Postpartum Year

Semra Worrall; Sergio A. Silverio; Victoria Fallon

The Relationship Between Prematurity and Maternal Mental Health in the First Postpartum Year

Semra Worrall, Sergio A. Silverio^*, Victoria Fallon

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Women & Children's Health

University of Liverpool

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Abstract

Studies concerning the effect of a premature birth on maternal mental health suggest symptoms of depression and anxiety are more prevalent in mothers of premature infants compared to mothers of term infants. However, most studies investigating depressive symptoms only relate to a few months postpartum, whilst no anxiety measures used have been postpartum-specific. Additionally, symptoms of anxiety and depression in mothers of extremely premature infants (

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	511-518
Journal	Journal of Neonatal Nursing
Volume	29
Early online date	8 Nov 2022
Publication status	Published - 12 May 2023

Keywords

prematurity
postpartum anxiety
postpartum depression
extremely premature
gestational age

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