TY - CHAP
T1 - The Association Between Work-Related Stress and Miscarriage in Pregnant Women
T2 - A Systematic Review
AU - Anastasiadou, Eirini
AU - Bacopoulou, Flora
AU - Vlachakis, Dimitrios
AU - Critselis, Elena
AU - Kanaka-Gantenbein, Christina
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2026.
PY - 2026
Y1 - 2026
N2 - Miscarriage is a naturally occurring event that can be caused by several factors, such as work-related stress. The aim of the current systematic review was to examine the association between work-related stress and miscarriage in pregnant women, and to corroborate previous findings on the subject. A systematic review was conducted using the PubMed and Scopus databases. Observational studies published in English were considered for inclusion. A total of 412 papers were identified through the database search. After removing duplicates, 302 papers were screened, and based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria, seven studies were included in the systematic review. Our results indicate that there is an increased risk of miscarriage among women with work stress. Future research in larger population samples is needed to confirm these findings.
AB - Miscarriage is a naturally occurring event that can be caused by several factors, such as work-related stress. The aim of the current systematic review was to examine the association between work-related stress and miscarriage in pregnant women, and to corroborate previous findings on the subject. A systematic review was conducted using the PubMed and Scopus databases. Observational studies published in English were considered for inclusion. A total of 412 papers were identified through the database search. After removing duplicates, 302 papers were screened, and based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria, seven studies were included in the systematic review. Our results indicate that there is an increased risk of miscarriage among women with work stress. Future research in larger population samples is needed to confirm these findings.
KW - Miscarriage
KW - Pregnancy
KW - Pregnant women
KW - Spontaneous abortion
KW - Stress
KW - Work stress
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105022686945
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-032-03394-9_17
DO - 10.1007/978-3-032-03394-9_17
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:105022686945
T3 - Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
SP - 169
EP - 174
BT - Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
PB - Springer
ER -