Chronic Stress and Low Birth Weight Neonates in a Low-Income Population of Women

Borders, Ann; Grobman, William A.; Amsden, Laura; Holl, Jane L.

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“…These biochemical changes end with placental hypo fusion and oxygen deficiency in fetus nutrition which may lead to preterm birth. 15,16 Poor and difficult health facilities are also a cause of depressive symptoms, and these maternal depressive symptoms sometimes play a role to admonish the search of health care facilities. 17 It's also challenging for Medical professionals differentiate the effect of depression and antidepressants on birth outcomes, most of studies investigate one thing not both.…”

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Antenatal Depression; Frequency and Factors Associated in Patients Presenting in Tertiary Care Hospital

Ali

Butt

Hameed

et al. 2017

TPMJ

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(350) patients were included in this study. SPSS version 12 was used for data analysis. Frequencies and percentages were calculated to present qualitative variables and mean ± standard deviation was calculated to present quantitative data. Results: A total of 350 patients were included in this study. Out of 350 patients, depression was found in 104 patients. Out of these 104 patients, 52 patients (50.0%) had mild depression, 37 patients (35.6%) had moderate depression while 115 patients (14.4%) had severe depression. Conclusion: Antenatal depression was noted in 29.7% of patients. Most common contributing factor was low socioeconomic status (64.4%) a second factor was no partner social support (22.1%) and previous history of psychiatric of psychological consultation (13.5%) of antenatal depression. Key words:Antenatal depression, Psychological consultation.

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Antenatal Depression; Frequency and Factors Associated in Patients Presenting in Tertiary Care Hospital

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Butt

Hameed

et al. 2017

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“…However, few studies have examined food insecurity among pregnant women in other countries (27)(28)(29)(30). Laraia et al (2006) reported the rates of marginal food security (15%) and food insecurity (10%) among lowand moderate-income pregnant women, which were lower compared with the broader North Carolina population.…”

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The Relationship Between Socioeconomic Factors and Food Security in Pregnant Women

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Background: Food security is among the phenomena that have influenced the worldwide policy-making in the recent years. Furthermore, recent studies have reported extensive food insecurity in Iran. Objectives: The present study aimed at defining the levels of food security and investigating its correlation with socioeconomic factors among pregnant women in city of Rasht (Iran) in 2014. Methods: The present cross sectional study included 420 pregnant women in their 14 to 42 weeks of pregnancy. The sampling method was convenience, and the data were collected using demographic-obstetrics, socioeconomic factors, and food security status questionnaires through face-to-face interviews. The data were analyzed using SPSS 19. Results:The results revealed that 30.9% of the pregnant women had food insecurity (19.6% had food insecurity without hunger, 8.9% had moderate hunger, and 2.4% had severe hunger), while 69.1% had complete food security. Food security was significantly correlated with socioeconomic status of the family, residence area, husband's occupation, number of employed family members, monthly income, and monthly food cost (P value < 0.001). The results of the logistic regression analysis revealed that husband's occupation (OR = 1.28), economic status (OR = 1.53), and residence area (OR = 1.43) had increasing effects on food insecurity. Conclusions: Considering the high prevalence of food insecurity among pregnant women and its adverse impact on the mother and the fetus, it seems necessary to investigate the level of food security in women during prenatal care and to support pregnant women with food insecurity in particular.

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“…There is evidence that pregnant women who suffer from chronic psychosocial stress 21 , who have ambivalent feelings with respect to the pregnancy 22 , or who have suffered some form of psychological, physical and/or sexual violence during pregnancy 23 have a greater chance of giving birth to an infant with a birth weight of less than 2,500 grams. Although these factors were not evaluated in this population of pregnant women, systematic incorporation of these forms of evaluation in routine prenatal care represents a challenge, particularly in less developed regions where these factors may contribute significantly towards the occurrence of low birth weight.…”

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Factors associated with low birth weight in a historical series of deliveries in Campinas, Brazil

Coutinho¹,

Cecatti²,

Surita³

et al. 2009

Rev. Assoc. Med. Bras.

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SummaryObjective. To identify the risk factors associated with low birth weight (<2500 grams). MethOds. Unmatched case-control study performed in a tertiary maternity hospital in Campinas, Brazil, involving 43,499 liveborn infants delivered in the institution between 1986 and 2004. Analysis of the database containing information on deliveries of women who gave birth to infants with low (6,477 cases) and normal (37,467) birth weight were performed. Factors associated with low birth weight were identified according to the odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (95%CI) in the bivariate analysis and according to the adjusted OR in the multivariate analysis. Sociodemographic characteristics, reproductive history, previous morbidity and factors related to current prenatal care were studied. Results. Extremes of reproductive age, poor education, low maternal weight, smoking beyond the fourth month of pregnancy, previous cesarean section, interdelivery interval ≤24 months and ≥37 months, maternal history of hypertension, cardiopathy and premature delivery, few (≤5) prenatal visits and beginning prenatal care late in pregnancy (after the 3rd month), premature rupture of membranes, increased blood pressure, infectious diseases and hemorrhages during current pregnancy were all associated with low birth weight. Maternal obesity and being a primipara were found to be protective factors. cOnclusiOn. These results confirm the findings of previous studies. The detection and prenatal management of modifiable factors, counseling, pre-conception intervention, adequate prenatal care and the implementation of primary and secondary prevention of maternal morbidity should be a target for all obstetrician as a potential source for reducing the incidence of low birth weight.

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Chronic Stress and Low Birth Weight Neonates in a Low-Income Population of Women

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Cited by 230 publications

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Antenatal Depression; Frequency and Factors Associated in Patients Presenting in Tertiary Care Hospital

Antenatal Depression; Frequency and Factors Associated in Patients Presenting in Tertiary Care Hospital

The Relationship Between Socioeconomic Factors and Food Security in Pregnant Women

Factors associated with low birth weight in a historical series of deliveries in Campinas, Brazil

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