Table 3.
Data collection and examinations conducted during the antenatal period and at delivery
| Pregnant woman (maternal) | |
| Demographic/social | Ethnicity/race, marital status, education level, age, housing, occupation, employment |
| Lifestyle | Smoking, drinking, substance use |
| Normative stress | Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-14)33 |
| Depression symptoms (EPDS)34 | |
| State/Trait Anxiety (STAI)35 | |
| Pregnancy-specific anxiety (PRAQ-R)30 | |
| Stressful Life Events Interview (LEI)36 | |
| Psychopathology | Family history of psychological symptomatology (FHS)37 |
| History of psychiatric illness (SCID IV-R Axis I)38 | |
| Superstorm Sandy (traumatic stress) | Superstorm Sandy traumatic exposure (TEI)39 |
| Impact of Events Scale (IES)40 | |
| Posttraumatic Diagnostics Scale – (PDS general)41 | |
| Posttraumatic Diagnostic Scales – (PDS Superstorm Sandy specific) | |
| Posttraumatic Checklist (PCL-C)42 | |
| Social Adjustment Scale (SAS-SR)43 | |
| Obstetric outcomes | History of pregnancy/childbirth, obstetric complications |
| Medical record review | |
| Pre-pregnancy weight | |
| Blood pressure | |
| Weight gain | |
| Placenta weight | |
| Biospecimens | Urine at 2nd and 3rd trimesters |
| Blood (plasma, serum, PAX for RNA) | |
| Placenta biopsies | |
| Father of child (paternal) | |
| Psychological | Family history of psychological symptomatology (FHS)37 |
| Demographics | Age, race, employment |
| Newborn (offspring) | |
| Birth outcomes | Perinatal complications |
| Birthweight | |
| Head circumference | |
| Body length | |
| Apgar (at 1 min & 5 min) | |
| Biospecimens | Umbilical cord blood |
| Terminal meconium | |