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A Pre–Post Study Design: Evaluating the Effect of an Intervention to Prevent and Reduce Maternal Distress Among a Pregnant Population (2020)
Book
Kuipers, Y. (2020). A Pre–Post Study Design: Evaluating the Effect of an Intervention to Prevent and Reduce Maternal Distress Among a Pregnant Population. SAGE Publications. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781529713985

It is well known that pregnant women can suffer from maternal distress. Effective interventions can contribute to optimize antenatal maternal emotional wellbeing. A carefully developed intervention is an essential predecessor to intervention research... Read More about A Pre–Post Study Design: Evaluating the Effect of an Intervention to Prevent and Reduce Maternal Distress Among a Pregnant Population.

Effectiveness of a guided ACT-based self-help resilience training for depressive symptoms during pregnancy: Study protocol of a randomized controlled trial embedded in a prospective cohort (2020)
Journal Article
Witteveen, A. B., Henrichs, J., Walker, A. L., Bohlmeijer, E. T., Burger, H., Fontein-Kuipers, Y., …de Jonge, A. (2020). Effectiveness of a guided ACT-based self-help resilience training for depressive symptoms during pregnancy: Study protocol of a randomized controlled trial embedded in a prospective cohort. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 20(1), Article 705. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-020-03395-9

Background During pregnancy, about 10 to 20% of women experience depressive symptoms. Subclinical depression increases the risk of peripartum depression, maternal neuro-endocrine dysregulations, and adverse birth and infant outcomes. Current treatme... Read More about Effectiveness of a guided ACT-based self-help resilience training for depressive symptoms during pregnancy: Study protocol of a randomized controlled trial embedded in a prospective cohort.

The comparison of the interpersonal action component of woman-centred care reported by healthy pregnant women in different sized practices in the Netherlands: A cross-sectional study (2020)
Journal Article
Kuipers, Y. (., van Beeck, E., van den Berg, L., & Dijkhuizen, M. (2021). The comparison of the interpersonal action component of woman-centred care reported by healthy pregnant women in different sized practices in the Netherlands: A cross-sectional study. Women and Birth, 34(4), e376-e383. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wombi.2020.08.002

Background: The number of interventions is lower, and the level of satisfaction is higher among women who receive midwife-led primary care from one or two midwives, compared to more midwives. This suggests that midwives in small-sized practices pract... Read More about The comparison of the interpersonal action component of woman-centred care reported by healthy pregnant women in different sized practices in the Netherlands: A cross-sectional study.

A comparison of the Fear of Childbirth Scale with the Tilburg Pregnancy Distress Scale to identify childbirth-related fear in a sample of Dutch pregnant women: a diagnostic accuracy comparative cross-sectional study (2020)
Journal Article
Kuipers, J., Henrichs, J., & Evans, K. (2020). A comparison of the Fear of Childbirth Scale with the Tilburg Pregnancy Distress Scale to identify childbirth-related fear in a sample of Dutch pregnant women: a diagnostic accuracy comparative cross-sectional study. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 109, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2020.103615

Background: Because of the considerable negative effects of women’s childbirth-related anxiety, fear and worries, and the time constraints that midwives perceive to assess women’s antenatal emotional wellbeing, it is important that midwives can ident... Read More about A comparison of the Fear of Childbirth Scale with the Tilburg Pregnancy Distress Scale to identify childbirth-related fear in a sample of Dutch pregnant women: a diagnostic accuracy comparative cross-sectional study.

A Q-methodology study: MEtoWE project (2020)
Presentation / Conference
Kuipers, Y. (2020, March). A Q-methodology study: MEtoWE project. Poster presented at Trinity Health and Education International Research Conference (THEconf2020), Dublin

Objective: In this study we aimed to reveal midwives’ distinct perspectives about midwifery support of women in their transition process during the continuum from pregnancy to one-year postpartum. Design: A Q-methodology study, a mixed quantitativ... Read More about A Q-methodology study: MEtoWE project.