Mental health of pregnant women during the COVID-19 pandemic: A longitudinal study

Psychiatry Research
Hernán López-MoralesSebastián Urquijo

Abstract

Several studies have reported the susceptibility of pregnant women to emotional instability and stress. Thus, pregnancy may be a risk factor that could deepen the already negative effects of the current COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, the aim of this study is to analyze longitudinally the psychopathological consequences of the pandemic in pregnant women, and to explore differences with non-pregnant women. The participants in this study were 102 pregnant women, and a control group of 102 non-pregnant women (most of them reported having university studies and little financial impact from the pandemic). They completed the Beck Depression Inventory-II, the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, and the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule, in three different times (2, 14, and 47 days after the start of the lockdown). In a time range of 50 days of quarantine, all women showed a gradual increase in psychopathological indicators and a decrease in positive affect. Pregnant women showed a more pronounced increase in depression, anxiety and negative affect than the non-pregnant women did. In addition, pregnant women showed a more pronounced decrease in positive affect. It is important for institutions dedicated to perinatal health care to count o...Continue Reading

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Jun 20, 2021·Archives of Women's Mental Health·Jennifer E KhouryAndrea Gonzalez
Jun 24, 2021·Archives of Women's Mental Health·Hernán López-MoralesSebastián Urquijo
Jul 3, 2021·International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health·Sara Esteban-GonzaloLaura Esteban-Gonzalo
Jul 16, 2021·International Journal of Women's Health·Chiara ColliMatteo Balestrieri
Aug 31, 2021·Psychiatry Research·Panteleimon VoitsidisIoannis Diakogiannis
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