The effect of COVID-19 lockdowns on women's perinatal mental health: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Risk factors for poor maternal perinatal mental health include a previous mental health diagnosis, reduced access to perinatal services, economic concerns and decreased levels of social support. Adverse maternal perinatal mental health can negatively influence the psychological wellbeing of infants. The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic presented an additional stressor. While literature on the impact of COVID-19 on perinatal mental health exists, no systematic review has focused specifically on maternal perinatal mental health during periods of COVID-19 lockdown.

Aims

This systematic review explores how periods of COVID-19 lockdown impacted women's perinatal mental health.

Methods

Searches of CINAHL, PsycARTICLES, PsycINFO, PubMed, Scopus and Web of Science

SUBMITTER: Wall S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9212959 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature