State-trait anxiety condition and its affecting factors in pregnant women linked to the COVID-19 pandemic

2021 · doi:10.22541/au.162446197.73809260/v1
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This quantitative study investigated state-trait anxiety levels and influencing factors among 656 pregnant women in Turkey during the COVID-19 pandemic using digital data collection and standardized inventories. The results indicated that while most participants were concerned about the pandemic's impact on their pregnancy and delivery, over half postponed health checks, with trait anxiety predominantly moderate and state anxiety mostly low in the sample. The authors concluded that pregnant women are a priority group requiring screening and early intervention for affective disorders to ensure maternal and fetal well-being during crises. The paper does not explicitly discuss endometriosis or adenomyosis; it was included in the corpus via a keyword match in the upstream search index.

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Background: and aim COVID-19 outbreak occurred in Wuhan, China in December 2019, and caused a worldwide crisis by becoming a pandemic in a short time. This study intends to address the COVID-19 pandemic process with specific regard to pregnant women, aiming to determine their state-trait anxiety levels. Methods The study has a quantitative design. Ethical permissions were obtained, data were collected digitally, and power analysis was performed for sample size. The sample size was calculated as 656 pregnant women. In the collection of the data, the Personal Information Form, and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) were used. Results In our study, the majority of pregnant women (86.3%) were concerned about the pandemic process, with more than half thinking that their pregnancy (62.9%) and delivery processes would be affected (66.2%). In the meantime, 60.2% of the pregnant women postponed their health checks and they indicated being most concerned about their babies (57.1%). In 51.2% of the pregnant women, the state anxiety levels were low, and 89.8% of the trait anxiety levels were moderate. Conclusion In crisis periods like the pandemic, pregnant women are among the priority groups. Screening, prevention, early diagnosis, and treatment of affective disorders in the prenatal period are important for maternal and fetal health. Keywords: COVID-19, pregnant, anxiety
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Background

This study intends to address the COVID-19 pandemic process with specific regard to pregnant women, aiming to determine their state-trait anxiety levels. Subjects and methods: The study has a quantitative design. Ethical permissions were obtained, data were collected digitally, and power analysis was performed for sample size. The sample size was calculated as 656 pregnant women. In the collection of the data, the Personal Information Form, and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) were used.

Results

In our study, the majority of pregnant women (86.3%) were concerned about the pandemic process, with more than half thinking that their pregnancy (62.9%) and delivery processes would be affected (66.2%). In the meantime, 60.2% of the pregnant women postponed their health checks and they indicated being most concerned about their babies (57.1%). In 51.2% of the pregnant women, the state anxiety levels were low, and 89.8% of the trait anxiety levels were moderate.

Conclusions

In crisis periods like the pandemic, pregnant women are among the priority groups. Screening, prevention, early diagnosis, and treatment of affective disorders in the prenatal period are important for maternal and fetal health. Ključne riječi Hrčak ID: 280091 URI Datum izdavanja: 5.7.2022. Posjeta: 1.180 *

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