Maternal stress after preterm birth: Impact of length of antepartum hospital stay.

CONCLUSIONS: Our study demonstrated higher levels of maternal stress after preterm birth in mothers, who had been admitted to hospital for longer periods of time before delivery. Interventional programmes starting in the antepartum period should be established in order to reduce the burden of stress and to improve parental-child interaction. PMID: 27156020 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27156020?dopt=Abstract

Source: Women Birth - May 3, 2016 Category: Midwifery Authors: Pichler-Stachl E, Pichler G, Baik N, Urlesberger B, Alexander A, Urlesberger P, Cheung PY, Schmölzer GM Tags: Women Birth Source Type: research