Publications by authors named "Frances Cates"

Background: Hypertensive disorders are major causes of maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality, affecting ∼10% pregnancies worldwide.

Objective: Understanding the lived experience of women with hypertensive disorders during pregnancy is important to inform best practice and provide holistic care.

Study Design: This is a systematic review and meta-synthesis of studies containing qualitative components relating to direct lived experience of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy.

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Introduction: Depression is one of the most common yet underdiagnosed perinatal complications and our understanding of its pathophysiology remains limited. Though perinatal depression is considered to have a multifactorial etiology, integrative approaches to investigation are minimal. This review takes an integrative approach to systematically evaluate determinants (e.

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Introduction: Depression is one of the most common yet underdiagnosed perinatal complications and our understanding of the pathophysiology remains limited. Though perinatal depression is considered to have a multifactorial etiology, integrative approaches to investigation are minimal. This review takes an integrative approach to systematically evaluate determinants and potential interactions among determinants of perinatal depression across four domains (i.

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