Impact of closed-off management due to COVID-19 rebound on maternal depression during pregnancy.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study aimed to assess the impacts of closed-off measures with different strictness levels (lockdown, partial lockdown and non-lockdown) and geographic proximity to patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on prenatal depression during an epidemic rebound of COVID-19.

Methods

This was a cross-sectional web-based survey including 880 pregnant women. Depressive symptoms were measured by Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS) and geographic proximity was calculated using Geographic Information Systems. Linear and logistic regression were used to assess the associations of closed-off measures and geographic proximity with SDS scores and depressive symptoms. Restricted cubic splines were used to model non-linear associations between geographic proximity and de

SUBMITTER: Xiao W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10823603 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature