The impact of the early COVID-19 pandemic on maternal mental health during pregnancy and postpartum.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on maternal mental health during pregnancy and the postpartum period.

Methods

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic situation during and post pregnancy was addressed on three main factors; maternal mental health, mother-child bonding, and maternal self-confidence. To do this, two different patient cohorts were compared; data from one cohort was collected pre-pandemic, and data was collected from the other cohort at the beginning of the pandemic. Questionnaires were used to collect data regarding depressive symptoms (Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale [EPDS]), anxiety (State Trait Anxiety Inventory [STAI]), maternal self-confidence (Lips Maternal Self-Confidence Scale [LMSCS]) and mother-chi

SUBMITTER: Bartmann C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11414898 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature