Social support, health literacy and anxiety among pregnant women during coronavirus 2019 pandemic in Thailand
BackgroundThe ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic continues to have a significant impact. Pregnant women are particularly vulnerable to its effects, which may increase their anxiety levels. This study aims to investigate anxiety levels in pregnant women during the COVID-19 pandemic...
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| description | BackgroundThe ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic continues to have a significant impact. Pregnant women are particularly vulnerable to its effects, which may increase their anxiety levels. This study aims to investigate anxiety levels in pregnant women during the COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand and to identify factors predicting such anxiety.MethodsThe researchers collected data through an online questionnaire from November 2021 to May 2022. The sample included 404 pregnant women. The questionnaire consisted of personal information, health literacy related to COVID-19, social support, and anxiety related to COVID-19. The content validity of the questionnaire were verified by three experts, with content validity indices of 0.87, 0.80, and 0.87 for each domain, respectively. The reliability of the questionnaire were 0.96 for health literacy, 0.95 for social support, and 0.96 for anxiety. Moreover, in-depth telephone interviews were also conducted with pregnant women. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, stepwise multiple regression, and content analysis.ResultsGroup of 404 pregnant women were studied, and the results showed that pregnant women had a high level of health literacy regarding COVID-19 and pregnancy (mean = 96.36, SD = 14.23) and social support level on a high level (mean = 83.99, SD = 11.34). Most of them were concerned about anxiety related to COVID-19 infection and pregnancy on a moderate level (mean = 47.78, SD = 11.49). The factors predicting the anxiety of pregnant women during the COVID-19 outbreak in Thailand included health literacy related to COVID-19 (β = 0.468) and social support (β = 0.283), with a prediction rate of 32.80% (R2 = 0.328) with statistical significance (p < 0.05).ConclusionThis study revealed the anxiety level of pregnant women during the COVID-19 outbreak in Thailand, which was moderate. Health literacy about COVID-19 and social support can predict the anxiety level of pregnant women. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-454b0e1363ab44e0a8368ca64effb09b2023-12-21T04:33:51ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782023-12-011410.3389/fpsyg.2023.12469961246996Social support, health literacy and anxiety among pregnant women during coronavirus 2019 pandemic in ThailandPiangkhuan PhutongSuparp ThaithaeBackgroundThe ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic continues to have a significant impact. Pregnant women are particularly vulnerable to its effects, which may increase their anxiety levels. This study aims to investigate anxiety levels in pregnant women during the COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand and to identify factors predicting such anxiety.MethodsThe researchers collected data through an online questionnaire from November 2021 to May 2022. The sample included 404 pregnant women. The questionnaire consisted of personal information, health literacy related to COVID-19, social support, and anxiety related to COVID-19. The content validity of the questionnaire were verified by three experts, with content validity indices of 0.87, 0.80, and 0.87 for each domain, respectively. The reliability of the questionnaire were 0.96 for health literacy, 0.95 for social support, and 0.96 for anxiety. Moreover, in-depth telephone interviews were also conducted with pregnant women. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, stepwise multiple regression, and content analysis.ResultsGroup of 404 pregnant women were studied, and the results showed that pregnant women had a high level of health literacy regarding COVID-19 and pregnancy (mean = 96.36, SD = 14.23) and social support level on a high level (mean = 83.99, SD = 11.34). Most of them were concerned about anxiety related to COVID-19 infection and pregnancy on a moderate level (mean = 47.78, SD = 11.49). The factors predicting the anxiety of pregnant women during the COVID-19 outbreak in Thailand included health literacy related to COVID-19 (β = 0.468) and social support (β = 0.283), with a prediction rate of 32.80% (R2 = 0.328) with statistical significance (p < 0.05).ConclusionThis study revealed the anxiety level of pregnant women during the COVID-19 outbreak in Thailand, which was moderate. Health literacy about COVID-19 and social support can predict the anxiety level of pregnant women.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1246996/fullanxietypregnant womanCOVID-19social supporthealth literacy |
| spellingShingle | Piangkhuan Phutong Suparp Thaithae Social support, health literacy and anxiety among pregnant women during coronavirus 2019 pandemic in Thailand Frontiers in Psychology anxiety pregnant woman COVID-19 social support health literacy |
| title | Social support, health literacy and anxiety among pregnant women during coronavirus 2019 pandemic in Thailand |
| title_full | Social support, health literacy and anxiety among pregnant women during coronavirus 2019 pandemic in Thailand |
| title_fullStr | Social support, health literacy and anxiety among pregnant women during coronavirus 2019 pandemic in Thailand |
| title_full_unstemmed | Social support, health literacy and anxiety among pregnant women during coronavirus 2019 pandemic in Thailand |
| title_short | Social support, health literacy and anxiety among pregnant women during coronavirus 2019 pandemic in Thailand |
| title_sort | social support health literacy and anxiety among pregnant women during coronavirus 2019 pandemic in thailand |
| topic | anxiety pregnant woman COVID-19 social support health literacy |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1246996/full |
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