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Women’s health and midwifery
Mental state, well-being and coping are affected by a high-risk pregnancy
  1. Nola Holness,
  2. Latisha Barfield
  1. Undergraduate Nursing, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, USA
  1. Correspondence to Dr Nola Holness, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, USA; nholness{at}fiu.edu

https://doi.org/10.1136/ebnurs-2022-103687

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    Commentary on: Williamson SP, Moffitt RL, Broadbent J, Neumann DL, Hamblin PS. Coping, wellbeing, and psychopathology during high-risk pregnancy: A systematic review. Midwifery. 2023 Jan;116:103556. doi: 10.1016/j.midw.2022.103556. Epub 2022 Nov 14.

    Implications for practice

    • Awareness of negative impacts of high-risk pregnancies on mental health will help to identify women in need of support.

    • Strategies can be created to improve coping and well-being for high-risk pregnant women.

    Context

    Pregnancy is a period of major physiological changes. Psychological adjustments occur, more so with a high-risk diagnosis in pregnancy. In their systematic review, the authors outlined the state of the science of pregnant women’s psychopathology, coping and well-being when high-risk conditions including hypertension, diabetes and kidney disease develop during pregnancy. Pregnant women with these conditions can experience ineffective coping, poor well-being, anxiety and depression among other negative symptoms. Provider’s awareness, culturally appropriate education and support can …

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    Footnotes

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Provenance and peer review Commissioned; internally peer reviewed.