Investigating the relationship between anxiety and perceived stress with coping strategies adopted in pregnant women during the COVID-19 pandemic
Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic has led to mental problems, including stress and anxiety, for people, especially pregnant women. Identifying strategies to deal with stress is important and can help pregnant mothers to adapt to stressful life factors such as the conditions of the COVID-19 pandemi...
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| author | Fatemeh Shabani Seyedeh Hajar Sharami Roya Faraji Habib Eslami-Kenarsari Asiyeh Namazi |
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| description | Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic has led to mental problems, including stress and anxiety, for people, especially pregnant women. Identifying strategies to deal with stress is important and can help pregnant mothers to adapt to stressful life factors such as the conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic. The present study was designed and implemented to investigate the relationship between anxiety and perceived- stress with the coping strategies of pregnant women referring to Al-Zahra Hospital in Rasht.
Methods: The current study was conducted on 221 pregnant women using a cross-sectional analysis method. The required information was collected by the self-report method through demographic questionnaires, Corona disease anxiety (CDAS), Cohen's perceived stress, and Endler and Parker's coping strategies questionnaire. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 22 software using Spearman's correlation coefficient and linear regression tests. The significance level of the tests was considered as P < 0.05.
Results: 53.4% of women had moderate anxiety and 60.6% of pregnant women had high levels of perceived stress. There was a direct and significant correlation between anxiety-perceived stress and emotion-focused strategy (P<0.001).
Conclusion: The present study showed high perceived stress and moderate anxiety in pregnant women during the COVID-19 pandemic and their relationship with emotion-focused coping strategies. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2c66e58a00004efcbb5126d6c7f3a9422024-01-07T12:55:49ZengZabansaraye Parsian Novin Mehr InstituteJournal of Current Oncology and Medical Sciences2783-31272023-12-0134669679Investigating the relationship between anxiety and perceived stress with coping strategies adopted in pregnant women during the COVID-19 pandemicFatemeh Shabani0Seyedeh Hajar Sharami1Roya Faraji2Habib Eslami-Kenarsari3Asiyeh Namazi4Reproductive Health Research Center, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Al-zahra Hospital, School of Medicine, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, IranReproductive Health Research Center, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Al-zahra Hospital, School of Medicine, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, IranReproductive Health Research Center, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Al-zahra Hospital, School of Medicine, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, IranVice-Chancellorship of Research and Technology, Guilan University of Medical Science, Rasht, IranMidwifery Department, Rasht branch, Islamic Azad University, Rasht, IranIntroduction: The COVID-19 pandemic has led to mental problems, including stress and anxiety, for people, especially pregnant women. Identifying strategies to deal with stress is important and can help pregnant mothers to adapt to stressful life factors such as the conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic. The present study was designed and implemented to investigate the relationship between anxiety and perceived- stress with the coping strategies of pregnant women referring to Al-Zahra Hospital in Rasht. Methods: The current study was conducted on 221 pregnant women using a cross-sectional analysis method. The required information was collected by the self-report method through demographic questionnaires, Corona disease anxiety (CDAS), Cohen's perceived stress, and Endler and Parker's coping strategies questionnaire. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 22 software using Spearman's correlation coefficient and linear regression tests. The significance level of the tests was considered as P < 0.05. Results: 53.4% of women had moderate anxiety and 60.6% of pregnant women had high levels of perceived stress. There was a direct and significant correlation between anxiety-perceived stress and emotion-focused strategy (P<0.001). Conclusion: The present study showed high perceived stress and moderate anxiety in pregnant women during the COVID-19 pandemic and their relationship with emotion-focused coping strategies.http://submission.journalofcoms.com/index.php/JCOMS/article/view/157coping strategiesanxietyperceived stressself-carecoronavirus |
| spellingShingle | Fatemeh Shabani Seyedeh Hajar Sharami Roya Faraji Habib Eslami-Kenarsari Asiyeh Namazi Investigating the relationship between anxiety and perceived stress with coping strategies adopted in pregnant women during the COVID-19 pandemic Journal of Current Oncology and Medical Sciences coping strategies anxiety perceived stress self-care coronavirus |
| title | Investigating the relationship between anxiety and perceived stress with coping strategies adopted in pregnant women during the COVID-19 pandemic |
| title_full | Investigating the relationship between anxiety and perceived stress with coping strategies adopted in pregnant women during the COVID-19 pandemic |
| title_fullStr | Investigating the relationship between anxiety and perceived stress with coping strategies adopted in pregnant women during the COVID-19 pandemic |
| title_full_unstemmed | Investigating the relationship between anxiety and perceived stress with coping strategies adopted in pregnant women during the COVID-19 pandemic |
| title_short | Investigating the relationship between anxiety and perceived stress with coping strategies adopted in pregnant women during the COVID-19 pandemic |
| title_sort | investigating the relationship between anxiety and perceived stress with coping strategies adopted in pregnant women during the covid 19 pandemic |
| topic | coping strategies anxiety perceived stress self-care coronavirus |
| url | http://submission.journalofcoms.com/index.php/JCOMS/article/view/157 |
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