SynthesisFrontiers in psychiatry2021
One Year Into the Pandemic: A Systematic Review of Perinatal Mental Health Outcomes During COVID-19.
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84 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 158 citations in OpenAlex.
- The prevalence of stress during the COVID-19 pandemic: an umbrella review.BMC public health · 2025Pooled it
- The association of COVID-19 lockdowns with adverse birth and pregnancy outcomes in 28 high-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Nature human behaviour · 2025Pooled it
- Global prevalence of perinatal depression and anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic: An umbrella review and meta-analytic synthesis.Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica · 2024Pooled it
- Parental experiences with changes in maternity care during the Covid-19 pandemic: A mixed-studies systematic review.Women and birth : journal of the Australian College of Midwives · 2023Pooled it
- How acceptable do parents experiencing mental health challenges find e-Health interventions for mental health in the postnatal period: a systematic review.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2022Pooled it
- The evolution of research on depression during COVID-19: A visual analysis using Co-Occurrence and VOSviewer.Frontiers in public health · 2022Pooled it
- The Impact of Covid-19 on Women's Mental Health and Wellbeing During Pregnancy and the Perinatal Period: A Mixed-Methods Systematic Review.Inquiry : a journal of medical care organization, provision and financingPooled it
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- One Health Approach in Ukraine: Current Status and Prospects for Implementation.Infectious diseases & clinical microbiology · 2026Article
- The impact of COVID-19 on women's mental health and coping during pregnancy and postpartum.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Taxonomy of access to mental healthcare for economically marginalized women during a public health crisis: a qualitative study of obstetric professionals and perinatal women during the COVID-19 pandemic.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- A landscape analysis of perinatal mental health delivery among stakeholders in Ecuador and Peru.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2026Article
- Maternal prenatal mental health and substance Use: a review of prevalence, mechanisms, outcomes, and interventions.Frontiers in global women's health · 2026Review
- Experiences of early parenthood in and beyond the coronavirus pandemic: a qualitative study with expectant and new mothers.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- Maternal perinatal depression and infant self-regulation: A meta-analytic review.Development and psychopathology · 2025Review
- Perinatal mental illness in Ontario (2007-2021): A population-based repeated cross-sectional surveillance study.Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique · 2025Article
- Perinatal Health and Healthcare Utilisation During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Nationwide Interrupted Time Series Analysis.Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology · 2025Article
- Unveiling the Mental Health of Postpartum Women During and After COVID-19: Analysis of Two Population-Based National Maternity Surveys in Romania (2020-2025).Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- COVID-19 and anxiety in pregnancy and postpartum: a longitudinal survey.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Understanding, predicting, and treating depression in pregnancy to improve mothers' and offspring's mental health outcomes: The HappyMums study.Brain, behavior, & immunity - health · 2025Article
24 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
Obstetric guidelines have rapidly evolved to incorporate new data and research on the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), with data on perinatal mental health building over the last year. Our aim in the present manuscript is to provide a systematic review of mental health outcomes in pregnant and postpartum women during the COVID-19 pandemic in the context of neonatal and obstetric guidelines addressing symptoms and complications of COVID-19 during pregnancy, mother-to-neonate transmission, Cesarean-section delivery, neonatal prematurity, maternal/neonate mortalities, maternal-neonatal separation, and breastfeeding. We summarize data from 81 mental health studies of pregnant and postpartum women and underscore protective and risk factors identified for perinatal mental health outcomes amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. Data reviewed here suggest increased psychological symptoms, especially depressive and anxiety symptoms, in pregnant and postpartum women during COVID-19. Our systematic review integrates the most current obstetric and neonate guidelines, along with perinatal mental health outcomes associated with COVID-19, highlighting the best available data for the care of women and their neonates amidst the current COVID-19 pandemic.
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