scholarly journals ANXIETY IN PREGNANT WOMEN DURING THE COVID – 19 PANDEMIC WHO GO TO A HOSPITAL IN LIMA

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 3747-3750
Author(s):  
Matta-Solis Hernan
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Trait Anxiety ◽  
Total Population ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Psychological Interventions ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
High Anxiety ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Sociodemographic Data

Anxiety is one of the factors that affects the mental health of pregnant women during the coronavirus pandemic, due to the physiological and vital changes in their pregnancy. The objective is to determine anxiety in pregnant women during the pandemic of coronavirus who go to a hospital in Lima. It is a quantitative, non-experimental, descriptive cross-sectional study, with a total population of 660 participants, who answered a survey with sociodemographic data and the state-trait anxiety scale. In the results, we observed that during the coronavirus pandemic, 16 (2.4%) of pregnant women presented low anxiety, 555 (84.1%) presented medium anxiety and 89 (13.5%) presented high anxiety. It is concluded psychological interventions are necessary for pregnant women and thus be able to help them during this stage in a safer and more trouble-free way during the coronavirus pandemic.

scholarly journals Anxiety Levels of Doctors Working in Kolkata during COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-sectional Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-31
Author(s):  
Ankush Banerjee ◽  
Bobby Paul ◽  
Aparajita Dasgupta ◽  
Madhumita Bhattacharyya ◽  
Lina Bandyopadhyay ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Logistic Regression ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
High Anxiety ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Multivariable Logistic Regression ◽  
Anxiety Levels ◽  
Study Participants

Introduction: Doctors are amongst the major frontline health-care providers combating the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic situation. This overwhelming burden has not only resulted in physical exhaustion but also taken a toll on their mental health. It is thus important to determine the anxiety levels among doctors working in Kolkata and identify its associated factors which can serve as important evidence for promotion of mental well-being among them. Methodology: This cross-sectional study was done through online social media platform-based survey from August to October 2020, in Kolkata, among 313 doctors. Levels of anxiety was assessed by the Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 scale (modified for COVID-19 pandemic). Univariate and multivariable logistic regression was done to find out the association of risk factors with high anxiety levels among the study participants. Results: Among 313 study participants,31.9% had mild, 22% moderate and 6.4% had severe anxiety levels. Multivariable logistic regression analysis showed that younger age, female gender, working in government sector, presence of associated co-morbid medical condition, working as designated frontline COVID-19 health-care worker, working in increasing number of high-risk areas in the health facility, poor quality of available personal protective equipment and increasing number of difficulties faced while working had significant association with high anxiety levels. Conclusion: Present study showed that considerable proportion (28.4%) of doctors had high anxiety levels. Maintaining appropriate COVID-19 protocols at the workplace, periodic health check-up to detect co-morbidity at the earliest, counseling services with particular attention to female providers would add on to betterment of their mental health.

scholarly journals Mental health and marital satisfaction changes of pregnant and lactating women during the COVID-19 pandemic: A comparative cross-sectional study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahshid Gharagozloo ◽  
Shahideh Jahanian Sadatmahalleh ◽  
Mahnaz Bahri Khomami ◽  
Ashraf Moini ◽  
Anoshirvan Kazemnejad
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Marital Satisfaction ◽  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Lactating Women

Abstract Background: Women' mental health during reproductive age is a major public health concern in both developing and developed countries. There is a relationship between mental health and marital satisfaction. This study aimed to assess mental health, anxiety, depression, and marital satisfaction among pregnant and lactating women and compared the results with non-pregnant/lactating (as control group) during the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran. Methods: A cross-sectional study among married women in range of 18 to 45 years via online questionnaires was conducted from 20 March to 25 April, 2020. A total of 604 valid questionnaires were analyzed, including 200 pregnant women, 203 lactating women, and 201 non-pregnant/lactating women. Mental health, COVID-19-related anxiety, and marital satisfaction were respectively assessed by the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ), the Corona Disease Anxiety Scale (CDAS), and ENRICH Marital Satisfaction Scale (EMS Scale). The data were analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) software. Results: The scores of mental health problems in pregnant and lactating women were significantly higher than the control group (18.86±12.56 and 18.83±13.99 vs. 13.01±8.15, P<0.00). The total CDAS score in the control group was significantly less than pregnant women (30.87±10.56 vs. 26.05±6.12, P<0.001) and lactating women (30.80±11.37 vs. 26.05±6.12, P<0.001). The mean of marital satisfaction was significantly lower in the pregnant women (28.06±2.67 vs. 29.64±3.18, P < 0.001) and lactating women (28.74±3.58 vs. 29.64±3.18, p = 0.01) compared with the control group. There was no statistically significant difference in the depression among three groups (P < 0.05).Conclusions: Pregnant and lactating women had more mental health problems, more anxiety and less marital satisfaction in comparison to non-pregnant/lactating women in the course of COVID-19 outbreaks. Further study is needed to investigate the effect of COVID-19 prevalence on mental health and marital satisfaction of pregnant and lactating women, considering the socioeconomic status.

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