Anxiety symptoms during pregnancy and risk of adverse birth outcomes in Gondar Town Ethiopia.

ABSTRACT: Anxiety is the most common complication of pregnancy and childbirth and is reported to have a plethora of adverse maternal, birth, and childhood outcomes. There is a lack of studies that looked at the association between pregnancy-related anxiety and the risk of adverse birth outcomes in Ethiopia. We conducted a community-based prospective cohort study in Gondar Town to explore the link between anxiety symptoms during pregnancy and the risk of adverse birth outcomes (low birth weight (LBW), preterm, and stillbirth). We used the three questions listed in the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS-3 A) to assess the presence of anxiety symptoms during pregnancy. We explored both association and causal effects using modified Poisson regression and the Targeted Maximum Likelihood Estimatio

SUBMITTER: Dadi AF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12514239 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature