Open AccessScreening antenatal anxiety: Predicting its effect on fetal growth
Author(s) -
Kaushik Sarkar,
Goutam Das,
Ranadip Chowdhury,
Bhaskar Shahbabu,
Ishita Sarkar,
Santu Maiti,
Aparajita Dasgupta
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/2249-4863.214956
Subject(s) - medicine , anxiety , gestational age , obstetrics , gestation , fetus , context (archaeology) , anthropometry , small for gestational age , pregnancy , psychiatry , genetics , biology , paleontology
Maternal anxiety has an association with low birth weight. However, studies are scarce to determine any association between maternal anxiety and fetal growth.