Publications

Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Perinatal Mental Health
(RiseUp-PPD-COVID-19)

2023

The impact of COVID-19 on breastfeeding rates: An international cross-sectional study. (2023)

Ganho-Ávila A, Guiomar R, Sobral M, Pacheco F, Caparros-Gonzalez RA, Diaz-Louzao C, Motrico E, Domínguez-Salas S, Mesquita A, Costa R, Vousoura E, Hadjigeorgiou E, Bina R, Buhagiar R, Mateus V, Contreras-García Y, Wilson CA, Ajaz E, Hancheva C, Dikmen-Yildiz P, de la Torre-Luque A.

Midwifery. 2023 Feb 12;120:103631. doi:10.1016/j.midw.2023.103631. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36822049; PMCID: PMC9922537.

A cross-country study on the impact of governmental responses to the COVID-19 pandemic on perinatal mental health. (2023)

Mesquita A, Costa R, Bina R, Cadarso-Suárez C, Gude F, Díaz-Louzao C, Dikmen-Yildiz P, Osorio A, Mateus V, Domínguez-Salas S, Vousoura E, Levy D, Alfayumi-Zeadna S, Wilson CA, Contreras-García Y, Carrasco-Portiño M, Saldivia S, Christoforou A, Hadjigeorgiou E, Felice E, Buhagiar R, Hancheva C, Ajaz E, Uka A, Motrico E.

Sci Rep. 2023 Feb 16;13(1):2805. doi:10.1038/s41598-023-29300-w. Erratum in: Sci Rep. 2023 Mar 3;13(1):3611. PMID: 36797263; PMCID: PMC9933810.

Factors Associated with Post-Traumatic Stress Symptoms in Pregnant and Postpartum Women. (2023)

Motrico E, Galán-Luque T, Rodríguez-Domínguez C, Gómez-Gómez I, Domínguez-Salas S.

J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2023 Feb 14. doi:10.1089/jwh.2022.0400. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36787455.

Maternity care changes and postpartum mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: a Spanish cross-sectional study. (2023)

Fuente-Moreno M, Garcia-Terol C, Domínguez-Salas S, Rubio-Valera M, Motrico E.

J Reprod Infant Psychol. 2023 Jan 29:1-16. doi:10.1080/02646838.2023.2171375. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36710435.

2022

Validation of the generalized anxiety disorder screener (GAD-7) in Cypriot pregnant and postpartum women. (2022)

Vogazianos P, Motrico E, Domínguez-Salas S, Christoforou A, Hadjigeorgiou E.

BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2022 Nov 15;22(1):841. doi:10.1186/s12884-022-05127-7. PMID: 36380278; PMCID: PMC9665014.

Experiences, concerns, and needs of pregnant and postpartum women during the Covid-19 pandemic in Cyprus: a cross-sectional study. (2022)

Hadjigeorgiou E, Vogazianos P, Christofi MD, Motrico E, Domínguez-Salas S, Mesquita AR, Christoforou A.

BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2022 Sep 5;22(1):685. doi: 10.1186/s12884-022-05017-y. PMID: 36064519; PMCID: PMC9442558.

Rates of depressive and anxiety symptoms in the perinatal period during the COVID-19 pandemic: Comparisons between countries and with pre-pandemic data. (2022)

Vera Mateus, Sara Cruz, Raquel Costa, Ana Mesquita, Andri Christoforou, Claire A.Wilson, Eleni Vousoura, Pelin Dikmen-Yildiz, Rena Bina, Sara Dominguez-Salas, Yolanda Contreras-García, Emma Motrico, Ana Osório

Journal of Affective Disorders. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2022.08.017

The Mental Health of Women with Gestational Diabetes During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An International Cross-Sectional Survey. (2022)

Wilson, C. A., Gómez-Gómez, I., Parsons, J., Costa, R., Mesquita, A., Vousoura, E., Contreras-García, Y., Levy, D., Mateus, V., Christoforou, A., Felice, E., Dikmen-Yildiz, P., Domínguez-Salas, S., & Motrico, E.

Journal of Women’s Health. https://doi.org/10.1089/jwh.2021.0584

The influence of lifestyles to cope with stress over mental health in pregnant and postpartum women during the COVID-19 pandemic. (2022)

Gómez-Baya, D., Gómez-Gómez, I., Domínguez-Salas, S., Rodríguez-Domínguez, C., & Motrico, E.

Current psychology (New Brunswick, N.J.), 1–20. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-022-03287-5

The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Perinatal Depression and Anxiety: A Large Cross-sectional Study in Spain (2022)

Motrico, E., Domínguez-Salas, S., Rodríguez-Domínguez, C., Gómez-Gómez, I., Rodríguez-Muñoz, M. F., & Gómez-Baya, D.

Psicothema, 34(2), 200–208. https://doi.org/10.7334/psicothema2021.380

2021

Impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on perinatal mental health (Riseup-PPD-COVID-19): protocol for an international prospective cohort study (2021)

Emma Motrico, Rena Bina, Sara Domínguez-Salas, Vera Mateus, Yolanda Contreras-García, Mercedes Carrasco-Portiño, Erilda Ajaz, Gisele Apter, Andri Christoforou, Pelin Dikmen-Yildiz, Ethel Felice, Camellia Hancheva, Eleni Vousoura, Claire A Wilson, Rachel Buhagiar, Carmen Cadarso-Suárez, Raquel Costa, Emmanuel Devouche, Ana Ganho-Ávila, Diego Gómez-Baya, Francisco Gude, Eleni Hadjigeorgiou, Drorit Levy, Ana Osorio, María Fe Rodriguez, Sandra Saldivia, María Fernanda González, Marina Mattioli, Ana Mesquita.

2020

Good Practices in Perinatal Mental Health during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Report from Task-Force RISEUP-PPD COVID-19 (2020)

Emma Motrico, Vera Mateus, Rena Bina, Ethel Felice, Alessandra Bramante, Goce Kalcev, Mauro Mauri, Sara Martins, and Ana Mesquita.