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Assessment of the dimensionality of the Wijma delivery expectancy/experience questionnaire using factor analysis and Rasch analysis [PDF]
, 2016 Background: Fear of childbirth has negative consequences for a woman's physical and emotional wellbeing. The most commonly used measurement tool for childbirth fear is the Wijma Delivery Expectancy Questionnaire (WDEQ-A).
Creedy, D. K. +6 more
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Advanced Science, EarlyView.New research reveals that oxytocin signaling during the early postnatal period is critical for regulating brain development and social behavior. Selectively suppressing oxytocin neurons by chemogenetic method shows that early—but not late—disruption leads to autism‐like behaviors.
Zi‐Hui Wang +10 more
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Health disparities in chronic liver disease
Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022 Abstract The syndemic of hazardous alcohol consumption, opioid use, and obesity has led to important changes in liver disease epidemiology that have exacerbated health disparities. Health disparities occur when plausibly avoidable health differences are experienced by socially disadvantaged populations.
Ani Kardashian +3 more
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Service evaluation of an early pregnancy loss support clinic in an inner London early pregnancy unit
BMC Health Services ResearchBackground Early pregnancy loss (EPL) can have profound implications for physical and psychological health. In the UK, significant variation in service provision exists for women affected by EPL.
Michelle Anderson +4 more
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Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2021 Background: About 3–4% of women in community samples suffer from childbirth-related posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Surprisingly, the recently developed City Birth Trauma Scale (City BiTS) was the first diagnostic tool for childbirth-related PTSD ...
Tobias Weigl +8 more
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FABP4 as a Mediator of Lipid Metabolism and Pregnant Uterine Dysfunction in Obesity
Advanced Science, EarlyView.Obesity during late pregnancy contributes to uterine smooth muscle dysfunction, but the underlying mechanisms are unclear. This study identifies fatty acid binding protein 4 (FABP4) as a key player in the process, mediating excessive fatty acid uptake, lipid accumulation, and mitochondrial dysfunction in myometrial cells. FABP4 could be a novel uterine
Xuan Li +11 more
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PREDICT‐GTN 1: Can we improve the FIGO scoring system in gestational trophoblastic neoplasia?
International Journal of Cancer, Volume 152, Issue 5, Page 986-997, 1 March 2023., 2023 What's new? The International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) scoring system is used to predict resistance to first‐line single‐agent chemotherapy in gestational trophoblastic neoplasia (GTN) patients. HoweThis system is imperfect, however—one‐third of low‐risk patients develop resistance, and resistance rates increase with FIGO score ...
Victoria L. Parker +14 more
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Reproductive Health, 2018 BackgroundA negative experience in childbirth is associated with chronic maternal morbidities. The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to identify currently available successful interventions to create a positive perception of childbirth ...
M. Taheri +4 more
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The perception of the fetus in mothers with liver transplantation. Brief communication
Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanità, 2015 Background. In this brief note we present the preliminary findings of a study of 16 women who underwent liver transplants before becoming pregnant and giving birth.
Alessandra Ambrosini +3 more
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Perceptions of Adolescent Pregnancy Among Teenage Girls in Rakai, Uganda. [PDF]
, 2017 The leading causes of death and disability among Ugandan female adolescents aged 15 to 19 years are pregnancy complications, unsafe abortions, and childbirth.
Baumgartner, Joy Noel +9 more
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