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Changes to social and healthcare providers support in the perinatal period: Imp...
Bina, R; Levy, D; Alfayumi-Zeadna, S; Mesquita, ARM; Costa, R; Domínguez-Salas, S; Wilson, CA; Osorio, A; Vousoura, E; Uka, A; Hancheva, C"Background: During the perinatal period, risk of depression and anxiety (D&A) increases. As in other crisis events, the COVID-19 pandemic, imposed social distancing measures, diminished social support and changes in perinatal healthcare provision which heightened this risk. This study aimed to examine how changes in social and healthcare provider support during the pandemic affected coping strategies and depre...
Assessing mother's childbirth-related posttraumatic stress disorder during the ...
Ciuffo, G; Morais, A; Landoni, M; Costa, R; Pinto, TM; Lamela, D; Jongenelen, I; Ionio, C"Background and aim: PTSD after childbirth is a significant but often under-recognised mental health problem. This systematic review aims to examine the measures used to assess childbirth-related PTSD (CB-PTSD) and posttraumatic stress symptoms (CB-PTSS) in mothers in the first year postpartum and to evaluate their psychometric properties. Methods: Following PRISMA guidelines, a comprehensive search of multiple...
History of mental health problems moderates the association between partner sup...
Tavares, D; Fidalgo, D; Sousa, M; Morais, A; Jongenelen, I; Lamela, D; Alves, S; Costa, R; Pinto, TM" Background: Partner support during childbirth is an important protective factor for women's perinatal mental health. However, its protective role in women experiencing vulnerabilities is largely unknown, namely in those with history of mental health problems. Aim: This study analysed (1) the association between partner support during childbirth and depressive, anxiety, and childbirth-related post-traumatic st...
Trends in the quality of maternal and neonatal care in Sweden and Norway as com...
Zaigham, M; Linden, K; Elden, H; Delle Vedove, S; Mariani, I; Kongslien, S; Drandić, D; Pumpure, E; Drglin, Z; Costa, R; Sarantaki, A; de Labrusse, C"Introduction: Maternal-neonatal healthcare services were severely disrupted during the COVID-19 pandemic in even high-income countries within the World Health Organization (WHO) European Region. The objective of this study was to compare trends in the quality of maternal and neonatal care (QMNC) in Sweden and Norway to 12 other countries from the WHO European Region during the COVID-19 pandemic, and to identif...
Karitane Parenting Confidence Scale: measuring parenting self-efficacy in Portu...
Pinto, TM; Costa, R; Dias, CC; Borger, F; Figueiredo, BBackgroundThe Karitane Parenting Confidence Scale (KPCS) was designed to assess parenting self-efficacy in parents of infants during the first year.ObjectiveThe aim of this study was to analyse the psychometric characteristics of the KPCS in Portuguese mothers during the first-year postpartum.MethodsA sample of 383 mothers were recruited at two public outpatient units in Northern Portugal. Mothers completed the...
Health workers’ perspectives on the quality of maternal and newborn health care...
Valente, EP; Mariani, I; Bomben, A; Morano, S; Gemperle, M; Otelea, MR; Miani, C; Elden, H; Sarantaki, A; Costa, R; Baranowska, B; König-Bachmann, MBackground Health workers’ (HWs’) perspectives on the quality of maternal and newborn care (QMNC) are not routinely collected. In this cross-sectional study, we aimed to document HWs’ perspectives on QMNC around childbirth in 12 World Health Organization (WHO) European countries. Methods HWs involved in maternal/neonatal care for at least one year between March 2020 and March 2023 answered an online validated W...
Late-onset neonatal sepsis was not associated with impaired neurodevelopmental ...
Dos Santos Engel, J; Mota de Almeida, MA; Costa, R; Freitas, AI"Aim: To assess the impact of late-onset neonatal sepsis (LONS) on the cognitive and motor development of five-year-old children who were born very preterm (VPT). Methods: This study included 327 VPT children from the Portuguese EPICE/SHIPS cohort who attended the neurodevelopment assessment. Neuropsychological tests such as WPPSI-R, MABC-2 and NEPSY-II (language domain) were used to assess the children's cogni...
The effect of parenting behaviours on adolescents' rumination: a systematic rev...
Castro, T; Pinto, TM; Morais, A; Costa, R; Jongenelen, I; Lamela, DRumination is an emotional regulation mechanism strongly associated with the development and maintenance of internalising psychopathology in adolescence and adulthood. Parenting behaviours (PBs) play a pivotal role in the development of rumination in children and adolescents. Nonetheless, the specific PBs that can either protect against or increase the risk of rumination development remain poorly understood. Th...
Health-related quality of life at 5 years of age for children born very preterm...
Kim, SW; Tian, X; Andronis, L; Maier, RF; Varendi, H; Seppänen, A-V; Siljehav, V; Draper, ES; Zeitlin, J; Petrou, S; Seppänen, AV; El Rafei, RBackground: This study aimed to investigate the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) at 5 years of age of European children born very preterm across multi-dimensional outcomes by presence and severity of congenital anomalies. Methods: The study used data from a European cohort of children born very preterm (<32 weeks of gestation) and followed up to 5 years of age (N = 3493). Multilevel Ordinary Least Squares...
Changes to women’s childbirth plans during the COVID-19 pandemic and posttrauma...
Mesquita, A; Costa, R; Dikmen-Yildiz, P; Faria, S; Silvestrini, G; Mateus, V; Vousoura, E; Wilson, CA; Felice, E; Ajaz, E; Hadjigeorgiou, E; Hancheva, CA considerable number of women giving birth during COVID-19 pandemic reported being concerned about changes to their childbirth plans and experiences due to imposed restrictions. Research prior to the pandemic suggests that women may be more at risk of post-traumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) due to unmet expectations of their childbirth plans. Therefore, this study aimed to examine if the mismatch between women’s...