Lessons Learned From Covid-19 Pandemia: Pregnancy Anxiety Level Increases During A Life Threatening Period

Year 2023, Volume: 7 Issue: 3, 232 - 237, 31.12.2023

Emre Köle , Lale Aksoy , Gökşen Görgülü , Hakan Demir , Merve Çakır Köle , Erdoğan Aslan

https://doi.org/10.30565/medalanya.1384162

Abstract

Aim: We aimed to highlight the psychological effects of the disease in the pandemic process along with the epidemiological data in pregnant women with COVID 19 infection, and the effects of increased anxiety in pandemic on pregnancy outcomes.

Material and methods: This study was performed in 100 women of 15 to 49 years of reproductive age who applied to the Gynecology and Obstetrics Outpatient Clinic, Pandemic Outpatient Clinic and the Pregnant Outpatient Clinic. Fourty-six pregnant women with positive COVID 19 PCR test were compared with negative COVID 19 PCR test as control group. Patients were administered a questionnaire and Beck Anxiety Inventory.

Results: An evaluation using the Beck Anxiety Scale revealed that anxiety levels were significantly higher in the COVID-19 positive pregnant group compared to the COVID-19 negative pregnant group (p=0.001). When comparing the groups in terms of becoming pregnant and giving birth during the pandemic, it was found that "severe anxiety" significantly increased in the COVID-19 negative pregnant group (p=0.032)

Conclusion: We found that being COVID-19 positive, based on the Beck Anxiety Inventory, significantly increased the anxiety levels during pregnancy when compared to negative groups.

Keywords

anxiety, pandemia, pregnancy, COVID19, mental health

Kovid-19 Pandemisinden Öğrenilen Dersler: Hayatı Tehdit Eden Bir Dönemde Gebelik Kaygı Düzeyi Artıyor

Abstract

Amaç: Bu çalışmada, COVID-19 enfeksiyonlu hamile kadınlardaki epidemiyolojik verilerle birlikte, pandemi sürecinde hastalığın oluşturduğu psikolojik etkileri ve pandemide artan anksiyetenin gebelik sonuçlarına etkilerini vurgulamayı amaçladık.

Materyal ve Yöntemler: Bu çalışma,15 ila 49 yaşlarındaki 100 kadında gerçekleştirildi ve katılımcılar, Kadın Hastalıkları ve Doğum Polikliniği, Pandemi Polikliniği ve Gebelik Polikliniği'ne başvuranlardan seçildi. Kırk altı COVID-19 pozitif gebe kadın, kontrol grubu olarak negatif COVID-19 PCR testi olanlarla karşılaştırıldı. Katılımcılara bir anket ve Beck Anksiyete Envanteri uygulandı.

Bulgular: Beck Anksiyete Envanteri kullanılarak yapılan bu çalışmada COVID-19 pozitif gebe grubunda anksiyete düzeylerinin COVID-19 negatif gebe grubuyla karşılaştırıldığında anlamlı derecede yüksek olduğunu gösterildi (p=0.001). Gruplar, pandemi sırasında gebe kalma ve doğum yapma açısından karşılaştırıldığında, "şiddetli anksiyete" nin COVID-19 negatif hamile grubunda anlamlı derecede arttığı bulundu (p=0.032).

Sonuç: Beck Anksiyete Envanterine dayalı olarak, COVID-19 pozitif olanların negatif gruplarla karşılaştırıldığında gebelik sırasında anksiyete düzeylerini anlamlı derecede artırdığını tespit ettik.

Keywords

anksiyete, pandemi, gebelik, COVID-19, mental sağlık

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