Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Perinatal Journal, cilt.32, sa.1, ss.77-85, 2024 (Scopus)
Objective: Disease outbreaks increase the prevalence of psychiatric problems during pregnancy which is a vulnerable period. This study aims to investigate the symptoms of anxiety and depression experienced by pregnant women during the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study of 192 women who had second trimester pregnancy and who were consecutively admitted to the perinatology department of a tertiary hospital. Results: The women with previous COVID-19 positivity had significantly higher scores for the behaviors such as mitigation and avoidance in a psychiatric scale. The pregnant women with previous COVID-19 positivity also had significantly higher scores for depression, psychosocial deterioration in daily activities, and quality of life in another scale. These pregnant women had significantly higher scores for social anxiety in a similar scale. Pregnant women with previous COVID-19 positivity had significantly higher scores for cognitive and behavioral impairment in a questionnaire. Conclusion: Anxiety and depression scores of the pregnant women with previous COVID-19 positivity are significantly higher than those of the pregnant women who had no previous positivity for COVID-19. Further research is needed to clarify the effects of COVID-19 pandemic on the psychological well-being of the pregnant women.