ResumoO presente artigo é uma revisão da investigação mais relevante no domínio das implicações da ansiedade materna para a saúde e desenvolvimento do recém-nascido. Atende, particularmente» aos mecanismos neurofisiológicos possivelmente responsáveis pelo impacto adverso da ansiedade materna durante a gravidez na saúde e bom desenvolvimento do bebé, tanto durante a gestação, como a médio e longo prazo. Finaliza...
This study examines physical activity patterns among women, from pre-pregnancy to the second trimester of pregnancy, and the relationship between physical activity status based on physical activity guidelines and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and depression over pregnancy. 56 healthy pregnant women self-reported physical activity, HRQoL and depression at 10-15 and 19-24 weeks of pregnancy and physical ...
Empirical studies have shown that fetal growth and activity can be affected by several risk factors, such as maternal anxiety, depression and tobacco or alcohol consumption. Caffeine intake has received less attention in the literature, as well as the analysis of the mutual interplay of the range of such risk factors. This study aimed to examine effects of mother’s coffee intake and associated risk factors duri...
To investigate high-anxiety and depression in women and men from early pregnancy to 3-months postpartum, 260 Portuguese couples (N = 520) filled in the State-Anxiety Inventory (STAI-S) and the Edinburgh Post-Natal Depression Scale (EPDS) at the first, second, and third pregnancy trimesters, childbirth, and 3-months postpartum. Rates for high-anxiety (STAI-S ≥ 45) in women (13.1%; 12.2%; 18.2%; 18.6%; 4.7%) and ...
Background: High-anxiety and depression rates have been reported in women during pregnancy; however men and parity effects have not been studied as extensively. The purpose of this study was to analyze anxiety and depression in women and their partners during pregnancy, namely differences between the 1st, 2nd and 3rd pregnancy trimesters, between women and men, and between primiparous and multiparous. Methods: ...
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...
The way mothers reconstruct the childbirth experience during the early postpartum period may interfere in their mood and predisposion to get pregnant again. This study explored continuity and changes in the perception of childbirth experience throughout the first six postpartum months, taking into account different types of delivery. The sample consisted of 68 portuguese pregnant women who filled oin the Childb...
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 fe...
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