Feasibility and impact of a mental health chatbot on postpartum mental health: a randomized controlled trial
Sanaa Suharwardy, Maya Ramachandran, Stephanie A. Leonard et al. · 29 Mar 2023
BACKGROUND: Perinatal mood disorders are common yet underdiagnosed and un- or undertreated. Barriers exist to accessing perinatal mental health services, including limited availability, time, and cost. Automated conversational agents (chatbots) can deliver evidence-based cognitive behavioral therapy content through text message-based conversations and reduce depression and anxiety symptoms in select populations. Such digital mental health technologies…
Person-centered maternity care and postnatal health: associations with maternal and newborn health outcomes
May Sudhinaraset, Amanda Landrian, Ginger Golub et al. · 27 Jan 2021
BACKGROUND: Limited evidence exists on how women's experiences of care, specifically person-centered maternity care during childbirth, influence maternal and newborn health outcomes. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to examine the associations between person-centered maternity care and maternal and newborn health outcomes. STUDY DESIGN: Longitudinal data were collected with 1014 women who completed baseline at a health…
Live birth prevalence of hemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn in the United States from 1996 to 2010
Devin Yu, Leona E. Ling, Alexis A. Krumme et al. · 24 Mar 2023
BACKGROUND: Hemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn (HDFN) is mediated by maternal alloantibodies, a consequence of immune sensitization during pregnancy with maternal-fetal incompatibility with ABO, Rhesus factor (Rh), and/or other red blood cell antigens. RhD, Kell, and other non-ABO alloantibodies are the primary cause of moderate to severe HDFN, whereas ABO HDFN is typically…
Prediction of postpartum hemorrhage using traditional statistical analysis and a machine learning approach
Vahid Mehrnoush, Amene Ranjbar, Mohammadsadegh Vahidi Farashah et al. · 17 Feb 2023
BACKGROUND: Early detection of postpartum hemorrhage risk factors by healthcare providers during pregnancy and the postpartum period may allow healthcare providers to act to prevent it. Developing a prediction model that incorporates several risk factors and accurately calculates the overall risk for postpartum hemorrhage is necessary. OBJECTIVE: This study used a traditional analytical approach and…
Immunologic aspects of preeclampsia
Henri Boulanger, Stéphane Bounan, Amel Mahdhi et al. · 1 Feb 2024
Preeclampsia is a syndrome with multiple etiologies. The diagnosis can be made without proteinuria in the presence of dysfunction of at least 1 organ associated with hypertension. The common pathophysiological pathway includes endothelial cell activation, intravascular inflammation, and syncytiotrophoblast stress. There is evidence to support, among others, immunologic causes of preeclampsia. Unlike defense immunology, reproductive…
