A5045637250- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- COVID-19 Impact on Reproduction
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Stress Responses and Cortisol
- Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions
- Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Infant Development and Preterm Care
- Resilience and Mental Health
- Birth, Development, and Health
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Educational Innovations and Technology
- Dermatology and Skin Diseases
- HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
- Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
- Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
- Stress and Burnout Research
- Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Reproductive Health and Technologies
- Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
- Pregnancy-related medical research
- Educational methodologies and cognitive development
- Menstrual Health and Disorders
- Social Skills and Education
Universidad de Valladolid
2021-2024
Universidad de Granada
2017-2021
Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo
2020-2021
Postpartum depression affects a huge number of women and has detrimental consequences. Knowing the factors associated with postpartum during pregnancy can help its prevention. Although there is evidence surrounding behavioral or psychological predictors depression, lack biological forecasters. The aim this study was to analyze sociodemographic, obstetric, variables along hair cortisol levels first, second, third trimesters that could predict symptoms. A sample 44 pregnant assessed 3 period...
The aim was to examine the psychological effects caused by COVID-19 pandemic on pregnant women, as well factors influencing these effects. study design cross-sectional and participants were 200 women. first group called Pandemic Group (PG) included 100 women who evaluated with assessment instruments during pandemic. second titled Pre-Pandemic (PPG) consisted of prior Perceived stress, prenatal concerns psychopathological symptoms compared. scored significantly higher than in depression...
Cortisol obtained from hair samples represents a retrospective biomarker of chronic stress experienced by the subject in previous months. Although cortisol levels have been used to study relationship between maternal and neonatal primates, this has not yet performed humans using longitudinal design focusing specifically on association. Therefore, objective was determine whether existed psychological during pregnancy postpartum, levels. The sample consisted 80 pregnant women their newborn...
Maternal stress during pregnancy can affect fetal development certain sensitive periods.To longitudinally assess maternal hair cortisol levels pregnancy, and the postpartum along with neonatal that could be associated infant neurodevelopment at six months of age.A sample 41 pregnant women assessed first, second, third trimester postpartum, their full-term neonates participated in this study. Hair were from participants. Infant was by means Bayley Scale Infants Development, Third Edition age...
The present study explored and compared the link between resilience pregnancy-related stress, perceived anxiety, employing two structural equation models. One model focused on pregnant women before outbreak of pandemic, other pregnancies throughout pandemic. For this purpose, a total sample 690 during their pregnancy were collected: Pre-Pandemic Group (P-PG) was composed 341 evaluated prior to pandemic; 349 assessed at time pandemic constituted Pandemic (PG). resilience, anxiety...
Postpartum posttraumatic stress disorder (PP-PTSD) affects 3.1-6.3% of women after childbirth. The City Birth Trauma Scale (City-BiTS) is a questionnaire designed to evaluate and diagnose this disorder, according the Diagnostic Statistical Manual Mental Disorders (5th ed.) criteria, including following groups symptoms characteristic stress: reexperiencing, avoidance, negative cognitions mood, hyperarousal. aim present study was psychometric properties Spanish-language version (City-BiTS-S),...
Doctorates are the key for new researchers to begin their scientific activity. This process has traditionally implied a profound loneliness and development of issues that affect health PhD students. The objective research was conduct meta-analysis examine influence certain sociodemographic personal variables on doctoral dropout. Following review existing literature based inclusion exclusion criteria, total sample consisted 9 articles, which included 53 samples 32760 students with an average...
Hair cortisol concentration (HCC), as a novel promising method to retrospectively measure hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis activation, is being increasingly studied. We tested the relationships between HCC and range of possible confounding variables in Spanish sample healthy adults pregnant women.The number who participated study was 529, 270 males 259 females, with combined mean age 37.88 years (SD = 15.66). Additionally, separate 62 women also recruited 32.95 3.67), first...
Background: Several factors can influence the production of mothers' own milk. Purpose: To assess maternal psychological stress, cortisol levels, and neonatal hair levels on timing secretory activation. Methods: A prospective study was conducted at 2 public health centers in Andalusia, Spain. Participants were 60 pregnant women their neonates. Hair stress (pregnancy-specific [Prenatal Distress Questionnaire, PDQ] perceived [Perceived Stress Scale, PSS]) evaluated during third trimester...
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the population's levels of stress and anxiety due to its contagious nature uncertainties generated by novelty. One population that is especially vulnerable these psychological consequences are pregnant women. This why objective this study was test efficacy an online management programme a cognitive behavioural on women during pandemic, in Spain. trial controlled randomised, with total 207 divided into three groups: Online Cognitive Behavioural Therapy group...
Stress during pregnancy has been widely studied and associated to different variables, usually with negative results for the health of mother newborn, such as having a higher risk suffering postpartum depression, premature birth, obstetrics complications or low birthweight, among others. However, there are not many lines research that study role sex baby plays on this specific stress vice versa. Thus, main objective was analyse relationship between offspring mothers in first trimester...
Objective: To compare stress levels throughout pregnancy in women who had conceived using assisted reproductive technology (ART) and naturally somatometric values for infants.Background: Pregnant have received ART are exposed to high of stress.Methods: Ninety-one attending a prenatal appointment at Health Centre (Granada, Spain), their 91 newborns participated this study: 69 conceiving 22 ART. Assessment consisted measuring hair cortisol levels, the Prenatal Distress Questionnaire, Perceived...