Psychiatric symptoms and couple satisfaction in parents of newborns before and during the COVID‐19 pandemic—A comparison of two prospective studies
Abstract Aims To assess anxiety, depression, perceived stress, couple satisfaction and life satisfaction of parents of healthy newborns in two cohorts in 2015 and in 2020 during the COVID‐19 pandemic. Design A prospective follow‐up study. Methods We enrolled 60 parents of healthy newborns (n = 30 dy...
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| author | Siiri Isokääntä Krista Koivula Hannu Kokki Sinivaula Palokangas Kati Tavast Iines Toivonen Merja Kokki |
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| description | Abstract Aims To assess anxiety, depression, perceived stress, couple satisfaction and life satisfaction of parents of healthy newborns in two cohorts in 2015 and in 2020 during the COVID‐19 pandemic. Design A prospective follow‐up study. Methods We enrolled 60 parents of healthy newborns (n = 30 dyads) in 2015 and 60 parents (n = 30 dyads) in 2020. Both parents completed six valid and reliable questionnaires independently 1–2 days and 12 months after delivery: Beck Anxiety Inventory, Beck Depression Inventory‐II, Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale, Perceived Stress Scale, Couple Satisfaction Index and Life Satisfaction Scale‐4. Results Anxiety was more common but couple satisfaction better in both parents during the COVID‐19 pandemic than in 2015. Depressive symptoms and perceived stress were similarly low, and life satisfaction was similarly high in both cohorts, indicating ample parental resilience. There was a moderate positive association between previous mental health disorders and parental anxiety after delivery during the COVID‐19 pandemic. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e021c65ce5be40da8397f389ca88429c2023-03-11T07:18:37ZengWileyNursing Open2054-10582023-04-011042667267710.1002/nop2.1475Psychiatric symptoms and couple satisfaction in parents of newborns before and during the COVID‐19 pandemic—A comparison of two prospective studiesSiiri Isokääntä0Krista Koivula1Hannu Kokki2Sinivaula Palokangas3Kati Tavast4Iines Toivonen5Merja Kokki6Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Kuopio University Hospital Kuopio FinlandDepartment of Pediatrics Kuopio University Hospital Kuopio FinlandDepartment of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Kuopio University Hospital Kuopio FinlandSchool of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences University of Eastern Finland Kuopio FinlandSchool of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences University of Eastern Finland Kuopio FinlandSchool of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences University of Eastern Finland Kuopio FinlandDepartment of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Kuopio University Hospital Kuopio FinlandAbstract Aims To assess anxiety, depression, perceived stress, couple satisfaction and life satisfaction of parents of healthy newborns in two cohorts in 2015 and in 2020 during the COVID‐19 pandemic. Design A prospective follow‐up study. Methods We enrolled 60 parents of healthy newborns (n = 30 dyads) in 2015 and 60 parents (n = 30 dyads) in 2020. Both parents completed six valid and reliable questionnaires independently 1–2 days and 12 months after delivery: Beck Anxiety Inventory, Beck Depression Inventory‐II, Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale, Perceived Stress Scale, Couple Satisfaction Index and Life Satisfaction Scale‐4. Results Anxiety was more common but couple satisfaction better in both parents during the COVID‐19 pandemic than in 2015. Depressive symptoms and perceived stress were similarly low, and life satisfaction was similarly high in both cohorts, indicating ample parental resilience. There was a moderate positive association between previous mental health disorders and parental anxiety after delivery during the COVID‐19 pandemic.https://doi.org/10.1002/nop2.1475anxietyCOVID‐19depressionfathersmothersnewborn |
| spellingShingle | Siiri Isokääntä Krista Koivula Hannu Kokki Sinivaula Palokangas Kati Tavast Iines Toivonen Merja Kokki Psychiatric symptoms and couple satisfaction in parents of newborns before and during the COVID‐19 pandemic—A comparison of two prospective studies Nursing Open anxiety COVID‐19 depression fathers mothers newborn |
| title | Psychiatric symptoms and couple satisfaction in parents of newborns before and during the COVID‐19 pandemic—A comparison of two prospective studies |
| title_full | Psychiatric symptoms and couple satisfaction in parents of newborns before and during the COVID‐19 pandemic—A comparison of two prospective studies |
| title_fullStr | Psychiatric symptoms and couple satisfaction in parents of newborns before and during the COVID‐19 pandemic—A comparison of two prospective studies |
| title_full_unstemmed | Psychiatric symptoms and couple satisfaction in parents of newborns before and during the COVID‐19 pandemic—A comparison of two prospective studies |
| title_short | Psychiatric symptoms and couple satisfaction in parents of newborns before and during the COVID‐19 pandemic—A comparison of two prospective studies |
| title_sort | psychiatric symptoms and couple satisfaction in parents of newborns before and during the covid 19 pandemic a comparison of two prospective studies |
| topic | anxiety COVID‐19 depression fathers mothers newborn |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1002/nop2.1475 |
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