Pregnancy during the COVID‐19 pandemic: A cross‐sectional observational descriptive study

Abstract

Aim To provide data on the fears of pregnant women during the confinement period and to learn about the factors, which may have exacerbated fear in Spanish pregnant women during the pandemic. Design A cross‐sectional observational and descriptive study. Methods An anonymous survey was carried out using virtual media in a pregnant population (aged ≥18 years) during the confinement period from 1 April to 1 May 2020. Results The total sample comprised of 62 individuals, with a mean age of 33.6 ± 3.6 years and a mean gestation time of 23.6 ± 9.8 weeks. All of the women used preventive measures against SARS‐CoV‐2. The most common preventive measures were social isolation (82.3%, n = 51) and frequent handwashing (69.4%, n = 43). The most common feeling was fear (29%, n = 18). The main fears were related to transplacental infection (27%, n = 16), loneliness during childbirth, and being separated from the newborn (27%, n = 16). In addition, 59.7% ( n = 37) considered changing their child‐rearing practices after the pandemic.

Parental experiences with changes in maternity care during the Covid-19 pandemic: A mixed-studies systematic review

“…Induction of labour was also associated with reduced maternal satisfaction in the COVID cohort [48] . During the COVID period, more women favoured pharmacological pain relief measures such as epidurals [77] , [80] and received pethidine injections [79] . Between mothers who tested positive for COVID and those who tested negative, there was also no difference in the mode of birth [39] , [81] , [82] , induction, and use of epidural [39] , [82] .…”

Gebelerin Pandemi Sürecinde Algıladıkları Stres ve Psikolojik İyi Oluş Düzeyleri İlişkisi

“…Araştırma kapsamındaki gebelerin tamamına yakını dışarı çıkarken her zaman koruyucu ekipman kullandığını ifade etmiştir (Tablo 3). Literatürde yer alan çalışmalarda, gebelerin koruyucu ekipman kullanım oranlarının %33.9 ile 97.4 arasında değiştiği çalışmalar yer almaktadır (Yue ve ark., 2020;Folch oldu (Masjoudi, Aslani, Seifi, Khazaeian ve Fathnezhad-Kazemi, 2021). Baran ve arkadaşlarının (2020) gebelerin algılanan stres düzeylerinin ve stres nedenlerinin değerlendirilmesi ile ilgili yaptığı çalışmada riskli gebelerde ASÖ puan ortalamasını 24.0 normal gebelerde 21.0 olarak tespit etmiştir (Baran, Şahin, Öztaş, Demir ve Desticioğlu, 2020).…”

Clinical Manifestation and Obstetric Outcomes in Pregnant Women with SARS-CoV-2 Infection at Delivery: A Retrospective Cohort Analysis

“…Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a syndrome that often involves a respiratory infection caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) virus [1]. The clinical manifestations of COVID-19 are similar to the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) infections [2]. Hospitalized patients often develop severe pneumonia, 17-29% of the cases develop acute respiratory distress syndrome, and 23-32% require admission to intensive care units [3].…”