Anxiety and depression during pregnancy in the era of COVID-19.
J Perinat Med
; 49(6): 674-677, 2021 Jul 27.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1249586
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
This study aimed to evaluate anxiety and depression in pregnant women during this global disease.METHODS:
This was a cross-sectional study recruiting 120 pregnant women. The study was conducted at the outpatient clinic of a tertiary hospital. We recruited women attending for antenatal care. Anxiety was evaluated using an Arabic validated Kuwait University Anxiety Scale (KUAS). Depression was evaluated using a validated Arabic form of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS).RESULTS:
The study included 48 (40%) nulliparous and 72 (60%) multiparous women. The mean KUAS scores for nulliparous and multiparous women were 45.27±10.78 and 47.28±10.62. Both nulliparous and multiparous women had a fairly high possibility of depression. Fifty-three (44.2%) of them reported scores ≥ of 14. Ninety-three (77.5%) women thought that COVID-19 pandemic would affect their pregnancies. There was a significant association between the number of women reporting fear related to the COVID-19 pandemic and their KUAS and EPDS scores (p-value <0.001 each).CONCLUSIONS:
COVID-19 affected the mental health of pregnant women to a great extent. Care should be directed to measures that would decrease the impact of this pandemic on vulnerable populations.Keywords
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International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Anxiety
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Pregnancy Complications
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Depression
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Randomized controlled trials
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Pregnancy
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Young adult
Country/Region as subject:
Africa
Language:
English
Journal:
J Perinat Med
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Jpm-2021-0181
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