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12-Item Postpartum Specific Anxiety Scale (PSAS): Reliable Total Score in Brazilian Mothers

by GLOOM

MHD card showing a night-blue silhouette of a mother cradling a swaddled baby, outlined in green-gold light, beside a glowing 12-line checklist under a crescent moon, illustrating a short postpartum anxiety questionnaire tested in Brazilian mothers.

A 12-item questionnaire built around the worries of new motherhood held up well in a 2026 study of 189 Brazilian mothers. Its total score was reliable and tracked general anxiety and depression, though 2 of its 3-item subscores were weaker.1 Research Highlights Four worry areas held together: the Brazilian version of the Postpartum Specific Anxiety …

Mid-Pregnancy Sleep Disturbance Tied to Birth Outcomes

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A Wuhan cohort of 2,210 pregnant women found that mid-pregnancy sleep disturbance was common enough to screen for and associated with several birth-outcome signals. Depressive symptoms, pre-pregnancy alcohol use, and moderate-to-severe vomiting raised sleep-disturbance odds, while higher dietary variety was protective.1 Research Highlights 18.14% had sleep disturbance: Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) scores greater than …