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Chronic Stress in Pregnancy Is Associated with Low Birth Weight: A Meta-Analysis.

Alkis MatsasPanagiota PanopoulouNeofyta AntoniouAlexandra BargiotaAlexandros GryparisNikolaos DrakoulisMastorakos GeorgeSophia N KalantaridouTheodoros PanoskaltsisNikos F VlahosGeorgios Valsamakis
Published in: Journal of clinical medicine (2023)
Increased maternal chronic stress, as assessed by questionnaires, in pregnancy is associated with a low-birth-weight baby. The above meta-analysis indicates that maternal high chronic stress questionnaire scores could be used as a clinical tool in order to assess low-birth-weight risk.
Keyphrases
  • low birth weight
  • preterm birth
  • preterm infants
  • human milk
  • pregnancy outcomes
  • systematic review
  • gestational age
  • birth weight
  • psychometric properties
  • cross sectional
  • body mass index
  • weight loss
  • patient reported