COVID-19 Public Health Restrictions and New Mothers' Mental Health: A Qualitative Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT: Public health restrictions to protect physical health during the COVID-19 pandemic had unintended effects on mental health, which may have disproportionately affected some potentially vulnerable groups. This scoping review of qualitative research provides a narrative synthesis of new mothers' perspectives on their mental health during COVID-19 pandemic restrictions through pregnancy to the postpartum period. Database searches in PubMed, CINAHL, and PsycINFO sought primary research studies published until February 2023, which focused on new mothers' self-perceived mental health during the pandemic (N = 55). Our synthesis found that new mothers' mental health was impacted by general public health restrictions resulting in isolation from family and friends, a lack of community support,

SUBMITTER: Abdul-Fatah A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11580325 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature