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Evaluation of a web-based intervention to optimize perinatal emotional wellbeing: A nested case-control study (2023)
Journal Article
Kuipers, Y. J., Bleijenbergh, R., Rimaux, S., & Mestdagh, E. (2024). Evaluation of a web-based intervention to optimize perinatal emotional wellbeing: A nested case-control study. International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology, 24(1), Article 100422. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijchp.2023.100422

Background/Objective: WazzUp Mama© is a remotely delivered web-based tailored intervention to prevent and reduce perinatal emotional distress, originally developed in the Netherlands. The current study aimed to evaluate the adapted WazzUp Mama© int... Read More about Evaluation of a web-based intervention to optimize perinatal emotional wellbeing: A nested case-control study.

Pregnancy-Related Anxiety and Associated Coping Styles and Strategies: A Cross-Sectional Study (2023)
Journal Article
Brosens, C., Van Gils, Y., Van Den Branden, L., Bleijenbergh, R., Rimaux, S., Mestdagh, E., & Kuipers, Y. J. (2023). Pregnancy-Related Anxiety and Associated Coping Styles and Strategies: A Cross-Sectional Study. International Journal of Childbirth, 13(3), https://doi.org/10.1891/ijc-2022-0102

BACKGROUND: Pregnancy-related anxiety is a distinct psychological construct during pregnancy, requiring adequate coping behavior. METHOD: A cross-sectional survey was performed among 420 pregnant Dutch-speaking women in Belgium to establish the preva... Read More about Pregnancy-Related Anxiety and Associated Coping Styles and Strategies: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Psychological health of pregnant and postpartum women before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kuipers, Y. (2022, May). Psychological health of pregnant and postpartum women before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Presented at Nordic Midwifery Congress (NJF), Helsinki

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic is likely to influence psychological health of pregnant and postpartum women.

Methods: We conducted a non-concurrent cross-sectional study among 1145 women living in the Dutch-speaking part of Belgium, 541 pregnan... Read More about Psychological health of pregnant and postpartum women before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Psychological health of pregnant and postpartum women before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kuipers, Y., & Mestdagh, E. (2022, May). Psychological health of pregnant and postpartum women before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Paper presented at NJF Congress 2022, Helsinki, Finland

Background
The COVID-19 pandemic is likely to influence psychological health of pregnant and postpartum women.

Methods
We conducted a non-concurrent cross-sectional study among 1145 women living in the Dutch-speaking part of Belgium, 541 pregnan... Read More about Psychological health of pregnant and postpartum women before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Developing a woman‐centered, inclusive definition of traumatic childbirth experiences: A discussion paper (2022)
Journal Article
Leinweber, J., Fontein‐Kuipers, Y., Thomson, G., Karlsdottir, S. I., Nilsson, C., Ekström‐Bergström, A., Olza, I., Hadjigeorgiou, E., & Stramrood, C. (2022). Developing a woman‐centered, inclusive definition of traumatic childbirth experiences: A discussion paper. Birth, 49(4), 687-696. https://doi.org/10.1111/birt.12634

Introduction: Many women experience giving birth as traumatic. Although women's subjective experiences of trauma are considered the most important, currently there is no clear inclusive definition of a traumatic birth to help guide practice, educatio... Read More about Developing a woman‐centered, inclusive definition of traumatic childbirth experiences: A discussion paper.

When your dream job can become a nightmare: reports of work-related traumatic events (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kuipers, Y. (2022, March). When your dream job can become a nightmare: reports of work-related traumatic events. Paper presented at Vormingsdag VBOV, Antwerp, Belgium

INTRODUCTION There is limited evidence of the effect and impact on midwives of being involved or witnessing traumatic work-related events. We categorised midwives’ selfreported traumatic work-related events and responses to an event and explored the... Read More about When your dream job can become a nightmare: reports of work-related traumatic events.

Remotely Delivered Interventions to Support Women With Symptoms of Anxiety in Pregnancy: Mixed Methods Systematic Review and Meta-analysis (2022)
Journal Article
Evans, K., Rennick-Egglestone, S., Cox, S., Kuipers, Y., & Spiby, H. (2022). Remotely Delivered Interventions to Support Women With Symptoms of Anxiety in Pregnancy: Mixed Methods Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 24(2), Article e28093. https://doi.org/10.2196/28093

Background: Symptoms of anxiety are common in pregnancy, with severe symptoms associated with negative outcomes for women and babies. Low-level psychological therapy is recommended for women with mild to moderate anxiety, with the aim of preventing a... Read More about Remotely Delivered Interventions to Support Women With Symptoms of Anxiety in Pregnancy: Mixed Methods Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

PATH PerinatAl menTal Health (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kuipers, Y. (2022, February). PATH PerinatAl menTal Health. Paper presented at CARE 4 International Scientific Nursing and Midwifery Conference, Ghent, Belgium [Online]

Validity and accuracy of the Whooley questions and Fear of Childbirth Scale to identify antenatal reduced emotional wellbeing (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kuipers, Y. (2022, February). Validity and accuracy of the Whooley questions and Fear of Childbirth Scale to identify antenatal reduced emotional wellbeing. Paper presented at CARE 4 International Scientific Nursing and Midwifery Conference, Ghent, Belgium [Online]

Background: Because of the considerable prevalences of reduced antenatal emotional wellbeing including depression, general anxiety and childbirth-related anxiety, and appreciating the time constraints that midwives perceive to routinely assess women’... Read More about Validity and accuracy of the Whooley questions and Fear of Childbirth Scale to identify antenatal reduced emotional wellbeing.

Validity and accuracy of the Whooley questions and Fear of Childbirth Scale to identify antenatal reduced emotional wellbeing (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kuipers, Y. (2021, September). Validity and accuracy of the Whooley questions and Fear of Childbirth Scale to identify antenatal reduced emotional wellbeing. Paper presented at 41st Annual SRIP Conference, Society for Reproductive and Infant Psychology, Online

Background: Because of the considerable prevalences of reduced antenatal emotional wellbeing including depression, general anxiety and childbirth-related anxiety, and appreciating the time constraints that midwives perceive to routinely assess women’... Read More about Validity and accuracy of the Whooley questions and Fear of Childbirth Scale to identify antenatal reduced emotional wellbeing.

It takes a village to raise a child. PATH project (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kuipers, Y. (2019, November). It takes a village to raise a child. PATH project. Presented at Perinatal Quality Network (PQN) for perinatal mental health services, annual forum Royal College of Psychiatrists, London

I-POEMS Listening to the voices of women with a traumatic birth experience (2018)
Journal Article
Fontein-Kuipers, Y., Koster, D., Romijn, C., Sakko, E., Stam, C., Steenhuis, N., de Vries, D., & Willigen, I. V. (2018). I-POEMS Listening to the voices of women with a traumatic birth experience. Journal of Psychology and Cognition, 3(2), 29-36. https://doi.org/10.35841/psychology-cognition.3.2.29-36

This qualitative study, utilizing a feminist perspective, aimed to explore and articulate women's recall of emotional birth trauma experiences. The reason being that one in every five women has a negative recall of childbirth and one in every nine wo... Read More about I-POEMS Listening to the voices of women with a traumatic birth experience.

WazzUp Mama?! The development of an intervention to prevent and reduce maternal distress during pregnancy (2016)
Thesis
Kuipers, Y. WazzUp Mama?! The development of an intervention to prevent and reduce maternal distress during pregnancy. (Thesis). Maastricht University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2871410

Intervention Mapping was used as a framework to develop a midwife-led intervention to prevent or reduce maternal distress during pregnancy. An extensive needs assessment showed that both pregnant women and midwives needed to be taught to recognise th... Read More about WazzUp Mama?! The development of an intervention to prevent and reduce maternal distress during pregnancy.

Using Intervention Mapping for Systematic Development of a Midwife-Delivered Intervention for Prevention and Reduction of Maternal Distress during Pregnancy (2015)
Journal Article
Kuipers, Y., van Limbeek, E., Ausems, M., de Vries, R., & Nieuwenhuijze, M. (2015). Using Intervention Mapping for Systematic Development of a Midwife-Delivered Intervention for Prevention and Reduction of Maternal Distress during Pregnancy. International Journal of Women's Health and Wellness, 1(1), https://doi.org/10.23937/2474-1353/1510008

The authors describe how Intervention Mapping was used to develop a midwife-led intervention to prevent or reduce maternal distress during pregnancy. An extensive needs assessment showed that both pregnant women and midwives needed to be taught to re... Read More about Using Intervention Mapping for Systematic Development of a Midwife-Delivered Intervention for Prevention and Reduction of Maternal Distress during Pregnancy.