B3983 - The effects of maternal antenatal fatigue and stress on maternal and offspring mental health - 17/02/2022

B number: 
B3983
Principal applicant name: 
Tiina Riekki | University of Oulu, Finland (Finland)
Co-applicants: 
MD, PhD Juha Veijola, MSc Martta Kerkelä, MD, PhD Golam Khandaker
Title of project: 
The effects of maternal antenatal fatigue and stress on maternal and offspring mental health
Proposal summary: 

Maternal fatigue is common during pregnancy, but knowledge on predisposing factors is scarce, and research on the effects of maternal antenatal fatigue on maternal mental health and offspring mental health is lacking. We will study factors associated with maternal fatigue in a cross-sectional setting. Secondly, we will study if maternal fatigue associates with mental health in the offspring. In both settings ALSPAC will be used as replication sample for findings in the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1986 (NFBC1986).

Impact of research: 
The findings of this unique and novel research project will provide new knowledge for clinical professionals and researchers on maternal antenatal fatigue and its' effects on the mental health in the offspring. If maternal antenatal fatigue is significantly associated with adverse maternal or offspring mental health outcomes, systematically identifying women at risk for fatigue before conception or in early pregnancy, in order to prevent or manage maternal fatigue, could eventually reduce psychiatric illness in population level.
Date proposal received: 
Friday, 28 January, 2022
Date proposal approved: 
Monday, 14 February, 2022
Keywords: 
Mental health - Psychology, Psychiatry, Cognition, Mental health, Statistical methods, Fatigue, Mental health, Psychiatry, Stress