The maternal postnatal six-week check in women with epilepsy: Does the prevalence or subsequent postpartum health differ from the general postnatal population?
Around 2 in every 5 women had no evidence of a maternal SWC, with no evidence epileptic women had a different prevalence to the general postnatal population. The maternal SWC may play a role in increasing the use of contraception and the detection or treatment of adverse health outcomes in the first year postpartum.
Authors
- Claire Carson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5490-699X)
- Chun Hei Kwok (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3717-8836)
- Julia Sanders (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5712-9989)
- Dimitrios Siassakos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1078-9856)
- Liza Bowen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8318-8421)
- Chris Gale (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0707-876X)
- Kathryn Fitzpatrick (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6476-5307)
- Sara L. Kenyon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0756-9617)
- MARIA A. QUIGLEY (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8058-6181)
- Fiona A. Alderdice (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2404-5644)
- Yangmei Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5042-1151)
- Stéphane déAlméida
Institutions
- Queen's University Belfast (GB)
- St George's, University of London (GB)
- University of Oxford (GB)
- Nuffield Health (GB)
- London Women's Clinic (GB)
- Birmingham Dental Hospital (GB)
- Chelsea and Westminster Hospital (GB)
- Battersea Arts Centre (GB)
- UCL Biomedical Research Centre (GB)
- Health Data Research UK (GB)
- University College London (GB)
- Imperial College London (GB)
- Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (GB)
- Cardiff University (GB)
- University of Birmingham (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS ONE
- Published
- 2025-05-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0323135
- Primary Topic
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Institute for Health and Care Research