Adverse psychosocial factors in pregnancy and preterm delivery.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mental health symptoms, stress, and low psychosocial resources are associated with preterm delivery. It is unknown if there are groups of women who experience similar patterns of these adverse psychosocial factors during pregnancy and if the risk of preterm delivery differs among these groups.

Objective

To identify groups of women with similar patterns of adverse psychosocial factors during pregnancy and determine whether the risk of preterm delivery differs among these groups.

Methods

Spontaneous Prematurity and Epigenetics of the Cervix (SPEC) is a prospective cohort study of pregnant women, aged 18 and older. In this analysis, we included women who enrolled after 24 August 2014 and delivered by 20 January 2019. As women could enrol more than once, our co

SUBMITTER: Haviland MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8380636 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature