2019-nCOV distress and depressive, anxiety and OCD-type, and eating disorder symptoms among postpartum and control women.
Arch Womens Ment Health
; 24(4): 671-680, 2021 08.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1141434
ABSTRACT
This study compared postpartum and control women on depressive, anxiety, and OCD-type symptoms, and eating disorder symptoms during the 2019-nCOV pandemic and evaluated if associations between 2019-nCOV distress and these mental health symptoms differed for postpartum compared to control women. A community sample of women, ages 18-39, who had either given birth in the past 12 months (n = 232) or had no pregnancy history (n = 137; controls), was recruited to complete an online survey about their depressive, anxiety, OCD, and eating disorder symptoms. Postpartum women reported greater OCD-type symptoms related to concerns about both contamination and responsibility for harm (ps < .05) compared to controls. After controlling for general stress and mental health history, the association between 2019-nCOV distress and OCD-type symptoms related to concerns about contamination was stronger among postpartum compared to control women (ps < .002). For all women, 2019-nCOV distress was positively related to general anxiety symptoms, total OCD-type symptoms, and OCD-type symptoms related to concerns about responsibility for harm after controlling for general stress and mental health history (ps < .03). Data are first to suggest postpartum women may be at elevated risk for OCD-type symptoms during 2019-nCOV pandemic, and pandemic distress is associated with anxiety and OCD-type symptoms among postpartum women more so than control women.
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International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Feeding and Eating Disorders
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COVID-19
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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Experimental Studies
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Young adult
Language:
English
Journal:
Arch Womens Ment Health
Journal subject:
Psychology
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Women's Health
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
S00737-021-01120-9
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