Project/scholarship details
- Project/scholarship ID
116738
- Reference
PTDC/SAU-SAP/116738/2010
- FundRef URI
- Funder
FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
- Funder's country
Portugal
- Funding program
5876-PPCDTI
- Funding amount
104,755.00 €
- Start date
2012-03-01
- End date
2015-08-31
Documents
Breastfeeding and postpartum depression: state of the art review
Figueiredo, Bárbara; Dias, Cláudia Castro; Brandão, Sónia; Canário, Catarina; Costa, Rui Alexandre NunesObjective: To review the literature on the association between breastfeeding and postpartum depression. Sources: A review of literature found on MEDLINE/ PubMed database. Summary of findings: The literature consistently shows that breastfeeding provides a wide range of benefits for both the child and the mother. The psychological benefits for the mother are still in need of further research. Some studies point ...
Breastfeeding and depression: a systematic review of the literature
Dias, Cláudia Castro; Figueiredo, BárbaraBackground: Research has separately indicated associations between pregnancy depression and breastfeeding, breastfeeding and postpartum depression, and pregnancy and postpartum depression. This paper aimed to provide a systematic literature review on breastfeeding and depression, considering both pregnancy and postpartum depression. Methods: An electronic search in three databases was performed using the keywor...
First- and second-time parents’ couple relationship: from pregnancy to second y...
Figueiredo, Bárbara; Conde, AnaFirst- and second-time parents’ couple relationships were studied from early pregnancy to the second year postpartum. The Relationship Questionnaire (RQ) was administered to Portuguese couples (N = 82), first- or second-time parents, at the first, second and third pregnancy trimester, childbirth, 3 and 18 months postpartum. Adverse changes in positive and negative partner relationship dimensions were reported f...
Sleep during the third trimester of pregnancy: the role of depression and anxiety
Ruiz-Robledillo, N.; Canário, C.; Dias, C. C.; Moya-Albiol, L.; Figueiredo, BárbaraDepression has been associated with sleep disturbances in pregnancy; however, no previous research has controlled the possible confounding effect of anxiety on this association. This study aims to analyze the effect of depression on sleep during the third trimester of pregnancy controlling for anxiety. The sample was composed by 143 depressed (n = 77) and non-depressed (n = 66) pregnant women who completed meas...
Parents' anxiety and depression symptoms after successful infertility treatment...
Tendais, I.; Figueiredo, BárbaraDoes mode of conception [spontaneous/after infertility treatment (IT)], type of pregnancy (singleton/twin) and parent gender have an effect on anxiety and depression levels and trajectories during pregnancy and the post-partum period?; This work was supported by a grant (SFRH/BD/40146/2007) to the first author from the FCT, Foundation for Science and Technology (Portuguese Ministry of Education and Science), by...
Partner relationship from early pregnancy to 30 months postpartum: Gender and p...
Canário, Catarina; Figueiredo, BárbaraThe purpose of this study was to analyze individual and dyadic trajectories of change for positive and negative partner relationship from early pregnancy up to 30 months postpartum, while considering time, gender, and parity. Two hundred sixty couples (N 520) recruited from an Obstetrics Outpatient Unit (Portugal) completed a self-report measure of partner relationship at the first, second, and third pregnancy ...
Fathers’ parenting self-efficacy during the transition to parenthood
Pinto, Tiago Miguel Pires; Figueiredo, Bárbara; Pinheiro, Luis L.; Canário, Catarina"Published online: 09 Jun 2016"; Background: Little is known about the development of fathers’ parenting self-efficacy during the transition to parenthood. Objectives: To analyse (1) fathers’ parenting self-efficacy developmental path and (2) the effects of anxious and depressive symptoms and coparenting support on fathers’ parenting self-efficacy developmental path, from the first trimester of pregnancy to 6 m...
Paternal Adjustment and Paternal Attitudes Questionnaire: Antenatal and postnat...
Pinto, Tiago Pinto; Samorinha, Catarina; Tendais, Iva Alexandra Barbosa; Nunes-Costa, Rui; Figueiredo, BárbaraThe Paternal Adjustment and Paternal Attitudes Questionnaire (PAPA) was designed to assess paternal adjustment and paternal attitudes during the transition to parenthood. This study aimed to examine the psychometric characteristics of the Portuguese versions of the PAPA-Antenatal (PAPA-AN) and -Postnatal (PAPA-PN) versions. A nonclinical sample of 128 fathers was recruited in the obstetrics outpatient unit, and...
Fetal heart rate variability mediates prenatal depression effects on neonatal n...
Figueiredo, Bárbara; Pinto, Tiago Miguel; Pacheco, Alexandra; Field, TiffanyThis study analyzed the mediating role of fetal heart rate variability (FHR) on prenatal depression and neonatal neurobehavioral maturity. A sample of 104 pregnant women was recruited and divided into two groups according to their Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) scores (depressed/non-depressed). FHR variability in response to speech stimuli was assessed at term (between 37 and 39 weeks gestation). T...
Maternal depression and anxiety and fetal-neonatal growth
Pinto, Tiago Miguel; Caldas, Filipa; Nogueira-Silva, Cristina; Figueiredo, BárbaraMaternal depression and anxiety have been found to negatively affect fetal and neonatal growth. However, the independent effects of maternal depression and anxiety on fetal-neonatal growth outcomes and trajectories remain unclear. This study aimed to analyze simultaneously the effects of maternal prenatal depression and anxiety on (1) neonatal growth outcomes, and (2), on fetal-neonatal growth trajectories, fro...
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