The range and use of telehealth technologies in the prenatal and postpartum periods have exploded since the COVID-19 pandemic. Many of the previous barriers to telehealth have been temporarily removed...
This cross-sectional study aimed to examine the relationship between postpartum depression symptoms, anxiety, and stress during the postpartum period. A total of 101 women were assessed using the Depr...
The postpartum is a vital period for women, newborns, spouses, parents, caregivers, and families. Regarding the importance of postpartum care and the lack of comprehensive and up-to-date clinical guid...
Cultural adaptation was conducted in three stages. In the first stage, the adaptation team was formed and the process was approved. During the second stage, a systematic literature review was conducte...
The adapted postpartum clinical guideline has offered 56 recommendations. The recommendations are categorized into four major themes including mother care, newborn care, health system and health promo...
Applying evidence-based recommendations for the care of mothers and babies in the postpartum period will enhance the health system, promote the provision of care after vaginal and caesarean births, an...
Guidelines and other strategic documents were collated to understand the extent of the global use of terms postpartum and postnatal along with the duration and schedule of maternal care after delivery...
Postpartum care guidelines and strategies published in English, by international organisations including the World Health Organization, and countries in either the Organization for Economic Co-operati...
Ten documents from the World Health Organization, one from the European Board, and 15 country-level guidelines from six countries met the inclusion criteria. The interchangeable use of 'postpartum' an...
Through this review, we make a case for a universal harmonisation of the term postpartum when referring to mothers after delivery; add clarity to the documents on the rationale for and duration of the...
Postpartum hypertension is a common medical complication of pregnancy and is associated with increased healthcare use, including unplanned interactions with the medical system and readmission, which c...
This study aimed to determine if enalapril is superior to nifedipine in preventing prolonged hospitalizations, unplanned medical visits, and/or readmission among women with postpartum hypertension....
We performed an open-label, randomized controlled trial (ClinicalTrials.gov registered: NCT04236258) in which patients ≥18 years with chronic hypertension, gestational hypertension, or preeclampsia we...
A total of 47 patients were randomized to each arm. Aside from the mode of delivery and twin gestation, the maternal demographics were similar between the 2 groups. The primary outcome occurred in 31 ...
Enalapril was not superior to nifedipine when used as an initial antihypertensive in the immediate postpartum period in terms of decreasing healthcare use....
The objective of this study was to examine health care unaffordability for rural and urban residents and by postpartum status....
We used cross-sectional survey data on female-identifying respondents ages 18-44 (n=17,800) from the 2019 to 2021 National Health Interview Study. Outcomes of interest were 3 measures of health care u...
Bivariate analyses showed postpartum people reported statistically significantly higher rates of being unable to pay medical bills and having problems medical paying bills, as compared with nonpostpar...
Both postpartum and rural respondents reported higher rates of being unable to pay medical bills and having problems paying medical bills; however, after adjusting for covariates, only postpartum resp...
To modify and psychometrically assess two scales that are used to measure stress and coping during the extended postpartum period....
Instrument modification and psychometric assessment....
Online, community, and health care settings....
Mothers with infants who were 2 to 22 months old: 20 in Phase 1 and 373 in Phase 2....
In Phase 1, participants from diverse backgrounds served as content experts to recommend modifications of items on two scales: Sources of Stress-Revised (SoS-R) and Postpartum Coping Scale (PCS). The ...
We identified six components for the SoS-R: Overload, Changes After Pregnancy, Baby-Related Concerns, Working Mother Concerns, Low Support Resources, and Isolated Motherhood. The Cronbach's alpha for ...
The SoS-R and PCS each include six components. Internal consistency reliability for all SoS-R subscales and four of six PCS subscales exceeded .70. The dimensions of each scale highlight areas of clin...
Herbal medicines (HMs) are commonly used during the postpartum period in South Korea. However, the safety concerns associated with these medicines remain unresolved. This study aims to establish a reg...
This study will use a prospective observational registry, including patients admitted to the obstetrics and gynaecology department of the Woosuk University Korean Medicine Hospital's postpartum care c...
This study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of Woosuk University Korean Medicine Medical Center (WSOH IRB H2311-03-01). The results will be published in peer-reviewed journals or dissemi...
KCT0009060....
Breast cancer is the most common malignancy diagnosed during pregnancy. Breast cancer during pregnancy or within the first postpartum year is commonly described as Pregnancy-Associated Breast Cancer (...
Despite exercise being the standard approach to diastasis recti abdominis (DRA) rehabilitation, there is no consensus on the most effective exercise routine and adjunct modalities for reducing DRA and...
For this scoping review a systematic search was conducted in MEDLINE, AMED, CINAHL, Embase, ScienceDirect, Scopus, and PEDro up to November 2022. Selection criteria included studies investigating exer...
Twenty-eight studies were included: 14 clinical trials, 3 case series, and 11 observational studies. DRA exercises that focused on deep and superficial muscles, pelvic floor muscles, respiratory maneu...
Reviewed studies provide valuable insights into exercise therapy, but it is important to recognize their limitations, as variability in diagnostic criteria, sample characteristics, and exercise progra...
