Prospectively assessed perceived stress associated with early pregnancy losses among women with history of pregnancy loss.

ABSTRACT:

Study question

What is the association between perceived stress during peri-conception and early pregnancy and pregnancy loss among women who have experienced a prior pregnancy loss?

Summary answer

Daily perceived stress above the median is associated with over a 2-fold risk of early pregnancy loss among women who have experienced a prior loss.

What is known already?

Women who have experienced a pregnancy loss may be more vulnerable to stress while trying to become pregnant again. While prior research has indicated a link between psychological stress and clinically confirmed miscarriages, research is lacking among a pre-conceptional cohort followed prospectively for the effects of perceived stress during early critical windows of pregnancy establishment on risk of bot

SUBMITTER: Schliep KC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9802052 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature