Pregnancy-Specific Concerns and Psychological Impact of COVID-19 on Antenatal Women
OBJECTIVE: The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is causing widespread concern, fear, stress, anxiety, and depression throughout the population worldwide. Pregnant women, being a vulnerable group, are grossly affected by these changing environmental scenarios. The spread of Corona Virus infection itself an...
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OBJECTIVE: The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is causing widespread concern, fear, stress, anxiety, and depression throughout the population worldwide. Pregnant women, being a vulnerable group, are grossly affected by these changing environmental scenarios. The spread of Corona Virus infection itself and the subsequent nation-wide lockdown in India, just like many other countries, has caused a serious impact on antenatal patients. The objective of this study was to bring out the specific concerns of pregnant women during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and also to assess the prevalence of Depression and Anxiety Disorder owing to the pandemic.
STUDY DESIGN: This cross-sectional survey among antenatal patients was conducted in the outpatient department of a tertiary care obstetric center which is also a designated COVID hospital. Prevalidated questionnaires, Personal Health Questionnaire-9 & Generalized Anxiety Disorder questionnaire-7 were used for data collection. A semi-structured questionnaire was used to evaluate pregnancy-specific concerns of the patients with respect to the COVID-19 pandemic.
RESULTS: The overall prevalence of moderate to severe depression in the survey was found to be 13.2% (n=66). The prevalence of moderate to severe anxiety disorder was found to be 9.8% (n=49).
CONCLUSION: This study has brought out the need for urgent attention to the psychological impact of COVID-19 on pregnant women. Pregnant women being a vulnerable group, especially during this pandemic, need special attention to their psychological wellbeing as well.
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| spelling | doaj-art-d6d0a4afe03f4e6ea4804183727e7f532025-02-11T21:15:42ZengMedical NetworkGynecology Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine1300-47512602-49182022-08-0128210.21613/GORM.2021.1172Pregnancy-Specific Concerns and Psychological Impact of COVID-19 on Antenatal WomenSanjay Singh0Vinod G Nair1Virendra Vikram Singh2Shyamji Tiwari3Devendra Arora4Madhusudan Dey5Ravindu Tiwari6Sreeni V Nair7Dept. of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Base Hospital Delhi Cantt, New DelhiDept. of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Base Hospital Delhi Cantt, New DelhiDept. of Psychiatry, Base Hospital Delhi Cantt, New DelhiDept. of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Base Hospital Delhi Cantt, New DelhiDept. of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Base Hospital Delhi Cantt, New DelhiDept. of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Base Hospital Delhi Cantt, New DelhiDept. of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Base Hospital Delhi Cantt, New DelhiStation Health Organization, Ferozepur, Punjab OBJECTIVE: The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is causing widespread concern, fear, stress, anxiety, and depression throughout the population worldwide. Pregnant women, being a vulnerable group, are grossly affected by these changing environmental scenarios. The spread of Corona Virus infection itself and the subsequent nation-wide lockdown in India, just like many other countries, has caused a serious impact on antenatal patients. The objective of this study was to bring out the specific concerns of pregnant women during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and also to assess the prevalence of Depression and Anxiety Disorder owing to the pandemic. STUDY DESIGN: This cross-sectional survey among antenatal patients was conducted in the outpatient department of a tertiary care obstetric center which is also a designated COVID hospital. Prevalidated questionnaires, Personal Health Questionnaire-9 & Generalized Anxiety Disorder questionnaire-7 were used for data collection. A semi-structured questionnaire was used to evaluate pregnancy-specific concerns of the patients with respect to the COVID-19 pandemic. RESULTS: The overall prevalence of moderate to severe depression in the survey was found to be 13.2% (n=66). The prevalence of moderate to severe anxiety disorder was found to be 9.8% (n=49). CONCLUSION: This study has brought out the need for urgent attention to the psychological impact of COVID-19 on pregnant women. Pregnant women being a vulnerable group, especially during this pandemic, need special attention to their psychological wellbeing as well. https://gorm.com.tr/index.php/GORM/article/view/1172AnxietyCOVID-19 pandemicDepressionLockdownPregnancyStress |
| spellingShingle | Sanjay Singh Vinod G Nair Virendra Vikram Singh Shyamji Tiwari Devendra Arora Madhusudan Dey Ravindu Tiwari Sreeni V Nair Pregnancy-Specific Concerns and Psychological Impact of COVID-19 on Antenatal Women Gynecology Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine Anxiety COVID-19 pandemic Depression Lockdown Pregnancy Stress |
| title | Pregnancy-Specific Concerns and Psychological Impact of COVID-19 on Antenatal Women |
| title_full | Pregnancy-Specific Concerns and Psychological Impact of COVID-19 on Antenatal Women |
| title_fullStr | Pregnancy-Specific Concerns and Psychological Impact of COVID-19 on Antenatal Women |
| title_full_unstemmed | Pregnancy-Specific Concerns and Psychological Impact of COVID-19 on Antenatal Women |
| title_short | Pregnancy-Specific Concerns and Psychological Impact of COVID-19 on Antenatal Women |
| title_sort | pregnancy specific concerns and psychological impact of covid 19 on antenatal women |
| topic | Anxiety COVID-19 pandemic Depression Lockdown Pregnancy Stress |
| url | https://gorm.com.tr/index.php/GORM/article/view/1172 |
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