Postpartum post-traumatic stress symptoms during the COVID-19 period: exposure and fear as mediating factors.

ABSTRACT: Background: Post-traumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) following childbirth are common within a stressful environment and are mitigated by social support. During the COVID-19 pandemic, an increase in such symptoms has been reported. The current study aims to longitudinally model the influence of general and pandemic-specific risk and protective factors on the temporal unfolding of symptoms among postpartum women.Methods: Participants were 226 women following a liveborn, term birth during the first lockdown in Israel. Participants completed questionnaires 10 weeks (T1) and 6 months (T2) after delivery. PATH analyses included predictors of symptoms in T1: demographics, exposure to traumatic events, medical complications during delivery or pregnancy, exposure to COVID-19-related even

SUBMITTER: Shiffman N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10402867 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature