Infant delivery and maternal stress during the COVID-19 pandemic: a comparison of the well-baby versus neonatal intensive care environments.
J Perinatol
; 41(11): 2614-2620, 2021 11.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1228234
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To describe impact of COVID-19 pandemic on stress and mood of new mothers, in particular in neonatal intensive care unit (NICU); a secondary objective was to assess whether customary social gender distancing practiced by ultra-religious Jews and Muslims offers built-in anti-stress protection.METHODS:
Cross-sectional, observational survey of mothers of 52 normal newborn nursery (NNB) and 52 NICU infants. In all, 86 filled all the 6 questionnaires (Demographics, COVID-19 virus experience, Mental Health Inventory, Neonatal Satisfaction Survey, Parental Stressor Scale, and Questionnaire of Coping Strategies).RESULTS:
Most mothers stated that COVID-19 pandemic had hurt social and family relationships, maternal role, and expressed stress and loneliness. Mothers of NICU infants had higher degree of helplessness. Religious social distancing was not protective. Background tendency to coping poorly with stress and depression most highly predicted stress.CONCLUSION:
COVID-19 pandemic harms psychosocial well-being of most mothers. Detection of high-risk individuals is necessary to provide appropriate support.
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Intensive Care, Neonatal
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Randomized controlled trials
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Infant, Newborn
Language:
English
Journal:
J Perinatol
Journal subject:
Perinatology
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
S41372-021-01016-7
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