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TL;DR: A review of 17 randomized trials found that women who exercised had lower depression scores than women given usual care, both during pregnancy and after birth. The evidence is rated low to very low certainty, and the studies varied a lot. For anxiety du…
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TL;DR: Portable electroencephalography (EEG) recordings tracked perinatal anxiety most consistently in a preliminary medRxiv preprint, with delta power carrying the clearest longitudinal marker and alpha power appearing in visit-specific anxiety analyses. Key…
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TL;DR: A 2026 umbrella review in PLOS One pooled Ethiopian systematic reviews and estimated that 22.49% of women had perinatal depressive symptoms, with similar estimates during pregnancy and after birth. Key Findings Eight-review evidence base: Researchers in…
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