To examine effects of mother’s anxiety and depression and associated risk factors during early pregnancy on fetal growth and activity. Repeated measures of mother’s anxiety (State-Anxiety Inventory (STAI-S)) and depression (Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS)) and related socio demographics and substance consumption were obtained at the 1st and 2nd pregnancy trimesters, and fetus’ (N¼147) biometric data...
Introdução: Evidências empíricas recentes mostram que o desenvolvimento psicológico se inicia muito antes da nascença e que condições pré-natais podem explicar uma parte significativa da futura variabilidade comportamental e desenvolvimental da criança. Objectivos: O objectivo deste estudo foi caracterizar o desenvolvimento fetal entre as 20 e as 24 semanas de gestação, no que se refere a indicadores de crescim...
To examine effects of mother's anxiety and depression and associated risk factors during early pregnancy on fetal growth and activity. Repeated measures of mother's anxiety (State-Anxiety Inventory (STAI-S)) and depression (Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS)) and related socio demographics and substance consumption were obtained at the 1st and 2nd pregnancy trimesters, and fetus' (N = 147) biometric da...
Recent researches show that psychological development begins much before birth and prenatal influences can explain a significant part of the future variability in infants' behaviour and development.The aim of this study was to characterize the fetal development between 20 and 24 weeks of gestation, related to the measures of fetal growth-- iparietal diameter, abdominal circumference, head circumference, femur l...
Evidências empíricas recentes mostram que o desenvolvimento psicológico se inicia muito antes da nascença e que condições pré-natais podem explicar uma parte significativa da futura variabilidade comportamental e desenvolvimental da crian-ça. Objectivos: O objectivo deste estudo foi caracterizar o desenvolvimento fetal entre as 20 e as 24 semanas de gestação, no que se refere a indicadores de crescimento fetal ...
The autors estimate the prevalence of Hepatitis B Surface Antigen in an obstetric population, admitted to the out-patient clinic of M.J.D. during one year. A questionnaire was designed to identify the possible risk factors associated whith the presence of HB surface antigen. Among 1333 pregnant women, 1258 were screened, and 627 concluded the study: screening and questionnaire. In the overall sample, the preval...