Panic Disorder During Pregnancy: A Scoping Review

Overview

Journal Heliyon

Specialty Social Sciences

Date 2024 Apr 11

PMID 38601643

Authors

Eman Al-Awabdeh

Lubna Abu Shaikha

Abdelrahman Salameh

Jafar Alasad Alshraideh

Affiliations

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Abstract

Background: Panic Disorder is a serious anxiety disorder, and one of the severe mental problems that impacts mothers' mental health and fetal health as well.

Aim: The current scoping review aims to provide a wide overview of the literature regarding panic disorder during pregnancy.

Methods: Twenty-five eligible articles were selected for full review from SAGE, CINAHL, PubMed, Medline, Research Gate, Science Direct, and Google Scholar literature searches. This review followed the framework suggested by Arksey and O'Malley for a scoping review.

Results: Content analysis of the studies was done, and five categories have been identified: Panic disorder course during pregnancy; prevalence of panic disorder during pregnancy; factors associated with pregnancy panic disorder; impact of panic disorder during pregnancy; and treatment of panic disorder during pregnancy.

Conclusion: A significant gap in the literature, and inconsistent and mixed findings regarding prevalence, impact, associated factors, and treatment of PD during pregnancy exist. This scoping review revealed that more studies need to be conducted to further understand and examine PD during pregnancy.

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