The effects of COVID-19 on stress, depression, and anxiety in pregnant and postpartum women Anxiety Depression Stress Coronavirus Disease COVID MidwiferyJnl KentState NEOMEDedu
Study: Depression, Anxiety, and Stress in Pregnancy and Postpartum: A Longitudinal Study During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Image Credit: Mr.Thunman / Shutterstock
About the study In the current study, researchers longitudinally evaluated pregnant and postpartum individuals for stress, depression, and anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic. Advertisements were posted inviting pregnant individuals in the United States to complete online surveys between June 15, 2020, and January 16, 2021.
The first hypothesis was that depression, stress, and anxiety levels would remain consistently elevated over time. Second, the team hypothesized that symptoms would follow a curvilinear trajectory increasing from early to later pregnancy and decreasing in the postpartum period and that findings would be significant after accounting for COVID-19-related and sociodemographic factors.
Participants were in the 19-40 age group, mainly from the Midwest or Southern US. Most subjects were White and married . Around 31% of participants were deemed high-risk pregnancies, while 52% were primiparous. Higher worry about visiting a healthcare facility due to COVID-19 significantly predicted anxiety, depression, and stress at one month postpartum. COVID-19-induced changes in the routine, pregnancy risk, and parity did not predict symptoms.
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