Evaluating Stress during Pregnancy: Do We Have the Right Conceptions and the Correct Tools to Assess It?

Gestational stress is believed to increase the risk of pregnancy failure and perinatal and adult morbidity and mortality in both the mother and her child or children. However, some contradictions might arise from methodological issues or even from differences in the philosophical grounds that guide...

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Main Authors: Raquel González-Ochoa, Elly N. Sánchez-Rodríguez, Anahi Chavarría, Gabriel Gutiérrez-Ospina, Tania Romo-González
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2018-01-01
Series:Journal of Pregnancy
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/4857065
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Tania Romo-González
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description Gestational stress is believed to increase the risk of pregnancy failure and perinatal and adult morbidity and mortality in both the mother and her child or children. However, some contradictions might arise from methodological issues or even from differences in the philosophical grounds that guide the studies on gestational stress. Biased perspectives could lead us to use and/or design inadequate/incomplete panels of biochemical determinations and/or psychological instruments to diagnose it accurately during pregnancy, a psychoneuroimmune-endocrine state in which allostatic loads may be significant. Here, we review these notions and propose a model to evaluate and diagnose stress during pregnancy.
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spelling doaj-art-75288ceabc0e457e9d4cd15ff470a6da2025-02-03T01:09:45ZengWileyJournal of Pregnancy2090-27272090-27352018-01-01201810.1155/2018/48570654857065Evaluating Stress during Pregnancy: Do We Have the Right Conceptions and the Correct Tools to Assess It?Raquel González-Ochoa0Elly N. Sánchez-Rodríguez1Anahi Chavarría2Gabriel Gutiérrez-Ospina3Tania Romo-González4Biología y Salud Integral, Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas, Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa, VER, MexicoBiología y Salud Integral, Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas, Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa, VER, MexicoDepartamento de Medicina Experimental, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, MexicoDepartamento de Biología Celular y Fisiología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Coordinación de Psicobiología, Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 04510 Ciudad de México, MexicoBiología y Salud Integral, Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas, Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa, VER, MexicoGestational stress is believed to increase the risk of pregnancy failure and perinatal and adult morbidity and mortality in both the mother and her child or children. However, some contradictions might arise from methodological issues or even from differences in the philosophical grounds that guide the studies on gestational stress. Biased perspectives could lead us to use and/or design inadequate/incomplete panels of biochemical determinations and/or psychological instruments to diagnose it accurately during pregnancy, a psychoneuroimmune-endocrine state in which allostatic loads may be significant. Here, we review these notions and propose a model to evaluate and diagnose stress during pregnancy.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/4857065
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