The relationship between preterm birth and postpartum anxiety: A first-in-field systematic review
Variable timing of assessment and tool(s) used to measure postpartum anxiety, alongside limited consideration of categories of gestational age (i.e., extremely, very, moderate-to-late preterm) limit the ability to make firm conclusions about the extent of this relationship.
Authors
- Philippa Davie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7788-3145)
- Angela C. Flynn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8438-1506)
- Camille Deforges (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2242-6075)
- Elsa Montgomery (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4193-1261)
- Laura Bozicevic (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8629-1723)
- Jenny Carter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2550-6465)
- Paul Christiansen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7534-0948)
- Caroline René (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4960-6444)
- Hiten D. Mistry (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2564-7348)
- Anna Maria Della Vedova (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3573-6451)
- Natalia Costas Ramón (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1068-2450)
- Roxanne Keynejad (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4434-3526)
- India Pinker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1816-050X)
- Giulia Ciuffo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4031-0890)
- Marta Landoni (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0082-1565)
- Giovanna Cristina Conti Machado (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7906-5880)
- Robin S. Cronin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8304-8004)
- Naomi Carlisle (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8943-8700)
- Madeleine Benton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0779-6334)
- L. Peterson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7061-4153)
- Leonardo De Pascalis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9150-3468)
- Bruna Cardoso Gerhardt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2815-838X)
- Victoria Fallon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7350-2568)
- Laura K. Soulsby (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9071-8654)
- Tisha Dasgupta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7874-9519)
- Semra Worrall (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6587-9306)
- Sella Devita (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6121-5003)
- Beatriz Volpin Gomes Beato (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1522-300X)
- Elana Payne (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-6214-6641)
- Anjolaoluwa Awe
- Olivia Pike (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-8703-132X)
- Poe Nu Htay
- Chiara Ionio
- Francine DeMontigny
- Emma C. Bailey
- Leanne Jackson
- Lucila Castanheira Nascimento
- Rebecca E. Fellows
- Kydja M.Souza Torres De Araújo
- Sam Powell
- Billie Bradford
- Debbie Ford
- Mojgan Mirghafourvand
- Stéphanie Catsaros
- Sergio A. Silverio
- Olivia Wood
- Laura A. Magee
- Marta E. Aparicio García
- Helena Moreira
- Victoria Vass
- Lauren E. Heywood
- Gabriella Hakim
- Tatiana Dias
- Zeinab El-Dirani
- Amy Mair
- Annette Briley
- Sofija Zurba
- Sara Palma
- Asma Khalil
- Masha Maghalian
- Peter von Dadelszen
- Margaret M. Murphy
- Daniela Mourão
- Valérie Avignon
- Michelle Anderson
- Alice Fulton
Institutions
- Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (IT)
- Universidad Complutense de Madrid (ES)
- University of London (GB)
- Universidade de Ribeirão Preto (BR)
- Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (IE)
- University of Liverpool (GB)
- University of Auckland (NZ)
- Tabriz University of Medical Sciences (IR)
- Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- Flinders University (AU)
- Universidade de São Paulo (BR)
- King's College London (GB)
- Université Paris Cité (FR)
- University College Cork (IE)
- Florence Nightingale Foundation (GB)
- St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- Université du Québec en Outaouais (CA)
- London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (GB)
- Sorbonne Paris Cité (FR)
- Luxembourg Institute of Health (LU)
- King's College School (GB)
- Monash Health (AU)
- Liverpool Womens NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (BR)
- Monash University (AU)
- Universidade de Pernambuco (BR)
- University of Coimbra (PT)
- University of Brescia (IT)
- University of Lausanne (CH)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Best Practice & Research Clinical Obstetrics & Gynaecology
- Published
- 2026-02-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2026.102715
- Primary Topic
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00