Mode of birth and development of maternal postnatal post-traumatic stress disorder: A mixed-methods systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) affects approximately 3% of women in the postnatal period, but less is known about risk factors for PTSD than other postnatal mental illnesses. This review aimed to analyze the literature on the impact of mode of birth on postnatal PTSD.

Methods

Searches were undertaken of CINAHL, the Cochrane Library, MEDLINE, PsycINFO, and Scopus for studies investigating the link between mode of birth and postnatal PTSD in high-resource countries from January 1990 to February 2021. Quantitative and qualitative data were collected and synthesized. Meta-analysis was performed with four of the studies, and the rest were analyzed narratively.

Results

Twelve quantitative studies, presenting data on 5567 women, and two qualitative studies,

SUBMITTER: Carter J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9790679 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature