BACKGROUND Numerous studies have supported an association between maternal depression and child psychiatric outcomes, but few have controlled for the confounding effects of both maternal and offspring co-morbidity. Thus, it remains unclear whether the correspondence between maternal and offspring depressive and anxiety disorders is better explained by associations between shared features of mat...

BACKGROUND The etiology of non-genetic intellectual disability (ID) is not fully known, and we aimed to identify the prenatal, perinatal and neonatal risk factors for ID. METHOD PubMed and Embase databases were searched for studies that examined the association between pre-, peri- and neonatal factors and ID risk (keywords "intellectual disability" or "mental retardation" or "ID" or "MR" in c...

The relationship between maternal age and the occurrence of cerebral palsy is still highly controversial. aim study was to examine effect on risk CP development, taking into account all significant factors division single, twin, full-term, pre-term pregnancies. survey covered 278 children with attending selected educational institutions in Poland. control group consisted data collected from med...

background: as one of the main criteria of health outcomes, maternal mortality indicates the socioeconomic development level of countries. the present study aimed at identifying and analyzing the effective factors on maternal mortality in eastern mediterranean region (emr) of the world health organization (who).   methods: analytical model was developed based on the literature review. panel dat...

reduction in maternal mortality requires an in-depth knowledge of the causes of death. this study was conducted to explore the circumstances and events leading to maternal mortality through a holistic approach. using narrative text analysis, all documents related to maternal deaths occurred from 2007 to 2011 in kerman province/iran were reviewed thoroughly by an expert panel. a 93-item chart ab...

background an effective emergency referral transport system is the link between the home of the pregnant woman and a health facility providing basic or comprehensive emergency obstetric care. this study attempts to explore the role of emergency transport associated with maternal deaths in unnao district, uttar pradesh (up).   methods a descriptive study was carried out to assess the causes of a...

OBJECTIVE To generate and evaluate an indicator of the health system's performance in the area of maternal and reproductive health in Colombia. MATERIALS AND METHODS An indicator was constructed based on variables related to the coverage and utilization of healthcare services for pregnant and reproductive-age women. A factor analysis was performed using a polychoric correlation matrix and the...

BACKGROUND The prevalence of gastroschisis is increasing in many parts of the world, although the etiology is largely unexplained. Young maternal age has been the only consistently identified, strong risk factor. The objective of this study was to examine the role of maternal nativity in relation to other suspected risk factors for gastroschisis in Florida. METHODS We conducted a retrospectiv...