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.

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Best Practice & Research Clinical Obstetrics & Gynaecology
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2026-02-17
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2026.102715
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Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
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Abstract

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.

Best Practice & Research Clinical Obstetrics & GynaecologyVol. 105
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)
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