Coronavirus Pandemic and Mental Health During Pregnancy
Background: COVID-19 is an enveloped RNA virus, declared as a pandemic in 2020. The pandemic and the policies around it for controlling the infection have caused major psychological stress on the population, especially a high-risk group: the pregnant women. This study evaluates the anxiety and depre...
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| author | Zahra Naeiji Yekta Parsa Nazila Shokri Hajar Abbasi Athena Behforouz Sina Nazemi Atefeh Moridi |
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| description | Background: COVID-19 is an enveloped RNA virus, declared as a pandemic in 2020. The pandemic and the policies around it for controlling the infection have caused major psychological stress on the population, especially a high-risk group: the pregnant women. This study evaluates the anxiety and depression of pregnant women, in the first six months of COVID-19 pandemic in Iran. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, all pregnant women, visiting the obstetrics clinic of Mahdiyeh hospital, were enrolled in this study. Among them, women with no prior psychological disorder or use anti-anxiety or antidepressant drug were included in the study and were asked to complete the hospital anxiety and depression scale (HADS) questionnaire. Also, the demographic information, obstetrics history and past medical history of each patient were collected. Data were analyzed using SPSS software, version 22, using descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation), t test, chisquare and Bonferroni post hoc tests. Significant levels were considered at P≤0.05. Results: Overall, 465 pregnant women with a mean±SD age of 26.75±5.71 years were included in the study. The mean±SD HADS score of the women was 12.00±6.09 and 240 (51.6%) of the women had abnormal HADS score. Among the demographic properties, a significant association was seen between gravidity and HADS score (P<0.05). Conclusion: COVID-19 can cause a considerable level of stress in women during their pregnancy, which can lead to adverse pregnancy outcomes. Among pregnant women, primigravida and multigravida (more than two previous pregnancy) ones were at higher risk of experiencing anxiety or depression. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4a95ea8709cc43b8bbcf37bd90ab2ef02023-05-11T06:51:46ZengShahid Beheshti University of Medical SciencesInternational Clinical Neuroscience Journal2383-18712383-20962022-01-0191e26e2610.34172/icnj.2022.26icnj-17190Coronavirus Pandemic and Mental Health During PregnancyZahra Naeiji0Yekta Parsa1Nazila Shokri2Hajar Abbasi3Athena Behforouz4Sina Nazemi5Atefeh Moridi6Preventative Gynecology Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranPreventative Gynecology Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranPreventative Gynecology Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranPreventative Gynecology Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranPreventative Gynecology Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranUro-oncology Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranPreventative Gynecology Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranBackground: COVID-19 is an enveloped RNA virus, declared as a pandemic in 2020. The pandemic and the policies around it for controlling the infection have caused major psychological stress on the population, especially a high-risk group: the pregnant women. This study evaluates the anxiety and depression of pregnant women, in the first six months of COVID-19 pandemic in Iran. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, all pregnant women, visiting the obstetrics clinic of Mahdiyeh hospital, were enrolled in this study. Among them, women with no prior psychological disorder or use anti-anxiety or antidepressant drug were included in the study and were asked to complete the hospital anxiety and depression scale (HADS) questionnaire. Also, the demographic information, obstetrics history and past medical history of each patient were collected. Data were analyzed using SPSS software, version 22, using descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation), t test, chisquare and Bonferroni post hoc tests. Significant levels were considered at P≤0.05. Results: Overall, 465 pregnant women with a mean±SD age of 26.75±5.71 years were included in the study. The mean±SD HADS score of the women was 12.00±6.09 and 240 (51.6%) of the women had abnormal HADS score. Among the demographic properties, a significant association was seen between gravidity and HADS score (P<0.05). Conclusion: COVID-19 can cause a considerable level of stress in women during their pregnancy, which can lead to adverse pregnancy outcomes. Among pregnant women, primigravida and multigravida (more than two previous pregnancy) ones were at higher risk of experiencing anxiety or depression.http://journals.sbmu.ac.ir/neuroscience/PDF/icnj-9-e26.pdfcovid-19anxietydepressionhospital anxiety and depression scale |
| spellingShingle | Zahra Naeiji Yekta Parsa Nazila Shokri Hajar Abbasi Athena Behforouz Sina Nazemi Atefeh Moridi Coronavirus Pandemic and Mental Health During Pregnancy International Clinical Neuroscience Journal covid-19 anxiety depression hospital anxiety and depression scale |
| title | Coronavirus Pandemic and Mental Health During Pregnancy |
| title_full | Coronavirus Pandemic and Mental Health During Pregnancy |
| title_fullStr | Coronavirus Pandemic and Mental Health During Pregnancy |
| title_full_unstemmed | Coronavirus Pandemic and Mental Health During Pregnancy |
| title_short | Coronavirus Pandemic and Mental Health During Pregnancy |
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| topic | covid-19 anxiety depression hospital anxiety and depression scale |
| url | http://journals.sbmu.ac.ir/neuroscience/PDF/icnj-9-e26.pdf |
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