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OBJECTIVE: To assess clinical impact, psychological effects, and knowledge of pregnant women during the COVID-19 outbreak in seven cities in Colombia. Currently, there are uncertainty and concerns about the maternal and fetal consequences of SARS-CoV-2 infection during pregnancy. METHODS: A cross-sectional web survey was carried out including pregnant women in seven cities in Colombia. Women were evaluated during the mitigation phase of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic between April 13 and May 18, 2020. The questions evaluated demographic, knowledge, psychological symptoms, and attitudes data regarding the COVID-19 pandemic. RESULTS: A total of 1021 patients were invited to participate, obtaining 946 valid surveys for analysis. The rate of psychological consequences of the pandemic was much larger than the number of patients clinically affected by the virus, with 50.4% of the entire cohort reporting symptoms of anxiety, 49.1% insomnia, and 25% reporting depressive symptoms. Poorly informed women were more likely to be younger, affiliated to the subsidized regime, and with lower levels of education. CONCLUSION: The knowledge of pregnant women about SARS-CoV-2 infection is far from reality and this seems to be associated with an indirect effect on the concern and psychological stress of pregnant women in Colombia.
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Anxiety , Coronavirus Infections , Depression , Mental Health/trends , Pandemics , Pneumonia, Viral , Pregnant Women/psychology , Stress, Psychological , Adult , Anxiety/diagnosis , Anxiety/epidemiology , Anxiety/etiology , Attitude to Health , Betacoronavirus , COVID-19 , Colombia/epidemiology , Coronavirus Infections/epidemiology , Coronavirus Infections/prevention & control , Coronavirus Infections/psychology , Cross-Sectional Studies , Depression/diagnosis , Depression/epidemiology , Depression/etiology , Female , Humans , Needs Assessment , Pandemics/prevention & control , Pneumonia, Viral/epidemiology , Pneumonia, Viral/prevention & control , Pneumonia, Viral/psychology , Pregnancy , SARS-CoV-2 , Social Perception , Stress, Psychological/diagnosis , Stress, Psychological/epidemiology , Stress, Psychological/etiology , Surveys and QuestionnairesABSTRACT
La educación superior en Colombia se encuentra en la actualidad en un punto coyuntural de grandes cambios que beneficiarán en forma directa a los estudiantes, los docentes y a la sociedad. La formación médica no es ajena a estos cambios y para fortuna nuestra se plantea ahora un nuevo modelo donde el punto de partida es el alumno, lo que ha permitido buscar otras estrategias cuyo planteamiento es que el trabajo académico no debe reducirse a escuchar las explicaciones del docente o hacer lo que éste señala. La acción del profesor de hoy es más de orientador y facilitador del conocimiento, no un transmisor del mismo para que el alumno tenga una actitud activa y trabaje en la construcción de sus propios conocimientos, de tal manera que aprenda y comprenda los conceptos adquiridos.
