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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...
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...
Unmet needs in mental healthcare for women with clinically significant symptoms...
Costa, R; Mesquita, A; Motrico, E; Domínguez-Salas, S; Dikmen-Yildiz, P; Saldivia, S; Vousoura, E; Osorio, A; Wilson, CA; Bina, R; Levy, DObjective/Background: Unmet needs in perinatal mental healthcare are an important public health issue particularly in the context of a stressful life event such as the COVID-19 pandemic but data on the extent of this problem are needed. Aim: The aim of this study is to determine the (1) proportion of women with clinically significant symptoms of perinatal depression, anxiety or comorbid symptoms of depression a...
The influence of maternal reflective functioning and parenting behavior on infa...
Jongenelen, I; Pinto, TM; Costa, R; Pasion, R; Morais, A; Henriques, S; Lamela, DBackgroundIntimate partner violence (IPV) affects 25% of children under the age of five worldwide, yet the impact of perinatal IPV and its underlying mechanisms on infant development remains poorly understood. IPV indirectly affects infant development through the mother's parenting behavior, but research on maternal neuro and cognitive processes, such as parental reflective functioning (PRF), is scarce, despite...
Childbirth-related post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms and mother-infant ne...
Pinto, TM; Jongenelen, I; Lamela, D; Pasion, R; Morais, A; Costa, RBackgroundMother's childbirth-related posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms have a negative impact on mother and infant's behaviors during dyadic interactions which may increase mother-infant neurophysiological and behavioral co-regulation difficulties, leading to dysregulated mother-infant interactions. This study was specifically designed to analyze: (1) the sociodemographic and obstetric factors asso...
Women's perinatal depression: Anhedonia-related symptoms have increased in the ...
Costa, R; Pinto, TM; Conde, A; Mesquita, A; Motrico, E; Figueiredo, BBackground: The prevalence of perinatal depression increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, which may be due to changes in the profile of specific depressive symptoms.Aims: To analyze the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the (1) prevalence and severity of specific depressive symptoms; and on the (2) prevalence of clinically significant symptoms of depression during pregnancy and postpartum.Methods: Pregnant an...
Exclusive Breastfeeding Moderates the Association Between Prenatal and Postpart...
Figueiredo, B; Pinto, TM; Costa, RBackground: Exclusive breastfeeding has a wide range of benefits for maternal health. However, the benefit of exclusive breastfeeding for maternal mental health needs to be further explored. Research aim: To determine the moderating role of exclusive breastfeeding at 3 months on the association between prenatal and postpartum depression. Methods: This study had a prospective, longitudinal, and comparative desig...