EXAMINATION OF ANXIETY IN PREGNANT WOMEN DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Year 2025, Volume: 1 Issue: 2, 89 - 98

Fatma Başalan İz , Fatma Savaş

Abstract

Objective: This study aimed to examine anxiety and related factors in pregnant women during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Methods: This research has a cross-sectional, descriptive, and correlational design.The research was conducted on pregnant women who applied to the State Hospital and Family Health Centers in a city located in the south of Turkey between September 2021 and May 2022. The sample size was calculated as 311 pregnant women by G-Power analysis. The Socio-Demographic Characteristics Form, Epidemic Disease Anxiety Scale, and COVID-19 Anxiety, Scale were used in data collection. In the analysis of data; Descriptive statistics, T-test, Anova, Correlation, and Process Macro were used to analyze the regulatory impact.
Results: The mean age of the pregnant women was 28.90±5.13. 44% of the pregnant women are high school graduates and 64% have a middle-income level. The mean number of pregnancies was 2.28±1.18 and the gestational week was 23.81±7.58. 79.4% of pregnancies were planned. 43.4% of pregnant women were previously diagnosed with COVID-19. 38.6% of the participants stated that they experienced anxiety due to epidemic anxiety and 36.7% of them stated that they experienced anxiety due to COVID-19. A correlation was calculated between the Epidemic Anxiety Scale score and the COVID-19 Anxiety Scale score (r=0.322, p<0.01). Epidemic Disease Anxiety Scale mean score is 40.68±11.92, COVID-19 Anxiety Scale mean score is 6.60±2.60. In the relationship between epidemic disease anxiety and COVID-19 anxiety, planned pregnancy (β=0.0825, 95%CI [.0201, .1449] and anxiety due to epidemic (β=-0.0597, 95%CI [-.1128, -. 0065] was calculated to have a regulatory effect.
Conclusion: In the relationship between the anxiety of epidemic disease and anxiety of COVID-19, the planned pregnancy and the state of experiencing anxiety due to the epidemic are in the role of the rheostat.

Keywords

Anxiety , regulatory effect , pregnancy , epidemic anxiety

Covid-19 Salgınında Gebelerde Anksiyetenin İncelenmesi

Abstract

Amaç: Bu çalışma, COVID-19 pandemisi sırasında gebe kadınlarda anksiyete ve ilişkili faktörleri incelemeyi amaçlamıştır.
Yöntemler: Bu araştırma kesitsel, tanımlayıcı ve ilişki arayıcı tasarımdadır Araştırma Eylül 2021 - Mayıs 2022 tarihleri arasında, Türkiye’nin güneyinde yer alan bir şehirde Devlet Hastanesine ve Aile Sağlığı Merkezlerine başvuran gebelerde yapılmıştır. Örneklem büyüklüğü G-Power analizi ile 311 gebe olarak hesaplanmıştır. Veri toplamada; Sosyo-Demografik Özellikler Formu, Salgın Hastalık Kaygı Ölçeği ve COVID-19 Anksiyete Ölçeği kullanılmıştır. Verilerin analizinde; tanımlayıcı istatistikler, T-testi, Anova, Korelasyon ve Process Macro ile düzenleyici etki incelemesi yapılmıştır.
Bulgular: Gebelerin yaş ortalaması 28,90±5,13 dür. Gebelerin %44’ü lise mezunu olup %64’ü orta gelir düzeyine sahiptir. Gebelik sayısı ortalaması 2,28±1,18 ve gebelik haftası 23,81±7,58 dir. Gebeliklerin %79,4’ü planlı gerçekleşmiştir. Gebelerin %43.4’ü daha önce COVID-19 tanısı almıştır. Katılımcıların %38,6’sı salgın kaygısı, %36,7’si COVID-19 nedeniyle anksiyete yaşadığını ifade etmektedir. Salgın Hastalık Kaygı Ölçeği puanı ile COVID-19 Anksiyete Ölçek puanı arasında korelasyon hesaplanmıştır (r=0,322, p<0,01). Salgın Hastalık Kaygı Ölçeği puan ortalaması 40,68±11,92, COVID-19 Anksiyete Ölçek puan ortalaması 6,60±2,60 dır. Salgın hastalık kaygısı ile COVID-19 anksiyetesi arasındaki ilişkide gebeliğin planlı olması (β=0,0825, 95%CI [.0201, .1449] ve salgın nedeniyle kaygı yaşama durumunun (β=-0.0597, 95%CI [-.1128, -.0065]düzenleyici etkisi olduğu hesaplanmıştır.
Sonuç: Salgın hastalık kaygısı ile COVID-19 anksiyetesi arasındaki ilişkide gebeliğin planlı olması ve salgın nedeniyle kaygı yaşama durumu reosta görevindedir.

Keywords

Anksiyete , düzenleyici etki , gebe , salgın kaygısı

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