Giulia Bonanni, Valentina Laurita Longo, Chiara Airoldi, Federica Meli, Alessandra Familiari, Federica Romanzi, Marcella Pellegrino, Daniela Visconti, Annamaria Serio, Antonio Lanzone, Elisa Bevilacqua
INTRODUCTION: Our retrospective study aimed to investigate whether parents of twins encounter heightened psychological and emotional distress one year after childbirth, in comparison to parents of singletons within an Italian cohort. METHODS: Exclusion criteria included multiparity, preterm birth, congenital anomalies, stillbirth, >2 fetus pregnancies, and pre-existing maternal mental health disorders. Out of the 300 couples (600 parents) invited to participate, 286 parents (158 mothers, 128 fathers) successfully completed a self-administered survey...
2024: Frontiers in Psychiatry