The Impacts of Prenatal Mental Health Issues on Birth Outcomes during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Scoping Review.
Int J Environ Res Public Health
; 19(13)2022 06 23.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-35805327
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
The severity of the COVID-19 pandemic is likely to exacerbate mental health problems during the prenatal period and increase the risk of adverse birth outcomes. This review assessed the published literature related to the impacts of prenatal mental health issues on birth outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic.METHODS:
This scoping review was conducted using PROSPERO, Cochrane Library, OVID Medline, Ovid EMBASE, OVID PsycInfo, EBSCO CINAHL, and SCOPUS. The search was conducted using controlled vocabulary and keywords representing the concepts "COVID19", "mental health" and "birth outcomes". The main inclusion criteria were peer-reviewed published articles from late 2019 to the end of July 2021. RESULTS ANDDISCUSSION:
After removing duplicates, 642 articles were identified, of which two full texts were included for analysis. Both articles highlighted that pregnant women have experienced increasing prenatal mental health issues during the COVID-19 pandemic and, further, increased the risk of developing adverse births. This scoping review highlighted that there is a lack of research on the impact of prenatal mental health issues on birth outcomes during the pandemic.CONCLUSION:
Given the severity of the COVID-19 pandemic and the burdens of prenatal mental health issues and adverse birth outcomes, there is an urgent need to conduct further research.Palavras-chave
Texto completo:
1
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Complicações na Gravidez
/
COVID-19
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
/
Systematic_reviews
Limite:
Female
/
Humans
/
Pregnancy
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2022
Tipo de documento:
Article