Women's preconception psychological stress and birth outcomes in a fertility clinic: the EARTH study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The epidemiologic literature on women's perceived stress in relation to perinatal outcomes has been inconclusive and does not consider the preconception window of exposure.

Objective

To evaluate whether women's preconception perceived stress is related to live birth, gestational age, and birthweight in a cohort receiving fertility treatment.

Methods

This observational study included women seeking fertility care at the Massachusetts General Hospital (2004-2019). During preconception, women provided information on their psychological stress using the short version of the validated Perceived Stress Scale 4 (PSS-4). We used regression models to evaluate the associations of stress with live birth (N = 768 attempting to conceive) and perinatal outcomes (

SUBMITTER: Minguez-Alarcon L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10877713 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature