Effects of COVID-19 anxiety and obsession on fear of childbirth in high-risk pregnancy during the pandemic in Turkey.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The COVID-19 pandemic may have significant effects on fear of childbirth among women undergoing a high-risk pregnancy. This study sought to determine the relationship between the COVID-19 obsession and anxiety levels of women with high-risk pregnancies and their fear of childbirth.

Methods

A total of 326 hospitalized women with high-risk pregnancies were evaluated between March 2021 and March 2022. The COVID-19 Anxiety Scale(CAS), the COVID-19 Obsession Scale(OCS), and the Fear of Birth Scale(FOBS, composed of two subscales, FOBS1-anxiety and FOBS2-fear) were administered.

Results

There were positive correlations between the FOBS1 and FOBS2 scores of the participants and their CAS and OCS total scores (p < .001). The participants with secondary school

SUBMITTER: Aksoy SD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10273047 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature