Gebelerin COVID-19 Korkusu Düzeyi ve Etkileyen Faktörler

Year 2023, Volume: 6 Issue: 3, 551 - 558, 15.10.2023

Kerime Derya Beydağ , Özlem Karabulutlu

https://doi.org/10.38108/ouhcd.1084086

Abstract

Amaç: Bu araştırmanın amacı, pandemide gebelerin COVID-19 korku düzeyini belirlemek ve korku düzeyinde etkili olan faktörleri ortaya çıkarmaktır.
Yöntem: Tanımlayıcı ve kesitsel tipteki çalışma, 440 gebe ile 1 Ağustos- 31 Aralık 2020 tarihleri arasında gerçekleştirilmiştir. Veriler, ilgili literatür doğrultusunda hazırlanmış olan demografik soru formu ve COVID-19 Korkusu Ölçeği ile elde edilmiştir. Verilerin değerlendirilmesinde sayı, yüzde, ortalama, standart sapma, medyan, minimum, maximum, t testi, ANOVA testi, Kruskal Wallis testi ve Mann-Whitney U testi ve Korelasyon analizi kullanılmıştır.
Bulgular: Gebelerin Kovid-19 Korkusu Ölçeği puan ortalaması 22.25 ± 6.60 olarak bulunmuş, gebelerden çocuğu olmayan, psikolojik desteğe ihtiyacı olduğunu belirten, gebeliğin 4-6’ncı ayında olan, dışarı çıktığında her zaman korku yaşayan, ev ziyaretini kısıtlayan, virüse yakalanmaktan korkan, virüsü bebeğine zarar vermesinden endişe eden, çevresinde COVID-19 geçiren birey olan, doğumu sağlık kuruluşunda geçirmekten endişe duyan, doğum öncesi kontrollere gidemeyen, bebeğini kaybetmekten, erken doğum yapmaktan ve bebeğinin engelli olmasından korkanların COVID19 korkusu daha yüksek bulunmuştur.
Sonuç: Bu süreçte güncel bilgilerin gebelerle paylaşılarak korku düzeyinin azaltılması sağlanmalıdır.

Keywords

Gebelik, Korku, COVID-19

Supporting Institution

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Project Number

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The Level of COVID-19 Fear in Pregnant Women and Affecting Factors

Abstract

Objective: The objective of this research is to determine the COVID-19 fear levels of pregnant women during the pandemic period and to reveal the factors that affect their fear levels.
Methods: This descriptive and cross-sectional study was conducted with 440 married pregnant women between August 1st and December 31st, 2020. The research data were obtained using the COVID-19 Fear Scale and the demographic questionnaire prepared in line with the relevant literature.
Results: The mean COVID-19 Fear Scale score of pregnant women was found as 22.25 ± 6.60 (min:7, max:35). COVID-19 fear was found to be higher among the pregnant women, who do not have a child, who stated that they needed psychological support, who were in the 4th-6th month of their pregnancy, who stated that they always feel fear whenever they go out, who restrict home visits, who are afraid of becoming infected by COVID-19, who are concerned about their babies getting harmed by COVID-19, who have had someone among their kith and kin that became infected by COVID-19, who are worried about giving birth in a health institution, who were not able to go to their prenatal check-ups, who are afraid of losing their babies, who are afraid of giving birth prematurely and who are afraid of giving birth to a baby that incurs a disability due to COVID-19.
Conclusion: Up-to-date information should be shared with pregnant women during the pandemic period ensuring that their fear levels are alleviated.

Keywords

Pregnancy, Covid-19, fear

Project Number

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