The impact of preexisting maternal anxiety on pain and opioid use following cesarean delivery: a retrospective cohort study.

Background: Anxiety disorders are the most common mental health condition. They are associated with negative pain experiences and can hinder rehabilitation in the hospital setting. Anxiety has been shown to be predictive of increased postoperative pain in patients undergoing nonobstetrical surgery.

Anxiety, Depression, and Pain in the Perinatal Period: A Review for Obstetric Care Providers.

Importance: Maternal depression and anxiety may not only increase vulnerability for the development of postpartum depression and anxiety but may increase the perception of obstetric pain.

Objective: This review focuses on the relationship among depression, anxiety, and pain during pregnancy and postpartum. We will first review common clinical screening tools for depression, anxiety, and pain.

Abnormal ventral attention network homogeneity in patients with right temporal lobe epilepsy.

Objective: The attention network is the structural basis of cognitive function. As one of the two known attention networks, the ventral attention network (VAN) has a significant impact on the cognitive impairment of patients with epilepsy. Nevertheless, changes in network homogeneity (NH) are rarely reported in the VAN of right temporal lobe epilepsy (rTLE) patients.

Generational differences in the sexual communication process of African American grandparent and parent caregivers of adolescents.

Purpose: This study assessed generational differences in the sexual communication process between 40 African American parent and 40 grandparent caregivers of adolescent children.

Design And Methods: The study reports findings from a secondary analysis of data from two databases. The HIV Risk Reduction Survey was used to examine the sexual communication process.

Understanding Hmong women's beliefs, feelings, norms, and external conditions about breast and cervical cancer screening.

Objectives: To describe the beliefs, feelings, norms, and external conditions regarding breast and cervical cancer screening in a sample of Hmong women.

Design And Sample: In a descriptive design, female Hmong researchers recruited 16 Hmong women (ages 24-73) at a community center. Guided by the Theory of Care Seeking Behavior (TCSB), researchers asked participants semi-structured questions about their beliefs, feelings, norms, and external conditions in a group setting.

Passive smoking and cervical cancer risk: a meta-analysis based on 3,230 cases and 2,982 controls.

Objective: Passive smoking has been considered as a risk factor of many cancers. To examine whether it might also pose a risk for cervical cancer, we performed a meta-analysis based on published case-control studies.

Methods: We searched the PubMed database and references of included studies up to February 10th, 2012 for relevant studies.