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dc.contributor.authorMisund, Aud R.en_US
dc.contributor.authorNerdrum, Peren_US
dc.contributor.authorDiseth, Trond H.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-11-14T12:12:33Z
dc.date.available2014-11-14T12:12:33Z
dc.date.issued2014-08-09en_US
dc.identifier.citationMisund, A., Nerdrum, P. & Diseth, T. (2014). Mental health in women experiencing preterm birth. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 14(263).en_US
dc.identifier.issn1471-2393en_US
dc.identifier.otherFRIDAID 1147877en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10642/2186
dc.description.abstractBackground: The aim of the study was to explore the degree of psychological distress, anxiety, and trauma related stress reactions in mothers who experience preterm birth. Secondarily, we wanted to identify possible predictors of maternal mental health problems. Methods: Twenty-nine mothers of 35 premature children born before 33rd week of pregnancy were assessed within two weeks after given birth. The standardized psychometric methods; Impact of Event Scale (IES), General Health Questionnaire (GHQ) and State Anxiety Inventory (STAI) assessed mental health problems. The predictors for maternal distress, anxiety, and trauma related stress reactions were pregnancy variables, preterm delivery, Gestation Age, maternal trait anxiety and parity. In addition, maternal prevalence of mental health problems was assessed by clinical diagnoses. Results Our study revealed a high prevalence (52%) of posttraumatic stress responses in the mothers. Conclusions: Our results suggest an early examination of mothers’ psychological reactions to preterm birth at the maternity ward. An early intervention should be considered while the child still is in the neonatal intensive care unit.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherBioMed Centralen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesBMC Pregnancy and Childbirth;14(263)en_US
dc.subjectAnxietyen_US
dc.subjectDepressionen_US
dc.subjectPreterm birthen_US
dc.subjectPsychological distressen_US
dc.subjectPTSRen_US
dc.titleMental health in women experiencing preterm birthen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.description.version© 2014 Misund et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2393-14-263


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