Stress and later-life childbearing: important implications for nursing.
Scientific literature which links advanced maternal age to pregnancy outcome was critically appraised. Little evidence was found to support the pessimistic advice offered to older expectant mothers. Evidence is accumulating which suggests that emotional stress has a deleterious effect on obstetrical outcome, although the manner in which the deleterious effects are produced remains unclear.
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008423:Maternal Age; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009773:Obstetric Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D011247:Pregnancy / Q000523:psychology*; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000523:psychology; D018566:Pregnancy, High-Risk; D013315:Stress, Psychological