COVID-19 and its consequences on the physical, psychological and social health of obstetricians by Yuly Raquel Santos-Rosales, Elia Stephanie Ku-Chung, Miriam Yoana Correa-Lopez

“…Obesity reported by 102 (20.0%) obstetricians was the main comorbidity, followed by hypertension with 38 (7.4%) and diabetes with 14 (2.7%); 263 (51.5%) reported depressive symptoms and 464 (90.8%) stress; 238 (46.6%) felt discrimination and 118 (23.1%) carried the workload of the home alone. Conclusions: The physical, psychological and social health of obstetricians is affected by the pandemic; generates disorders of overweight/obesity, depression, stress; as well as discrimination and work overload at home.…”
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