Maternal mental health and well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic in Beijing, China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The aim of this study is to evaluate the impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on breastfeeding women and to identify predictors of maternal mental health and coping.

Methods

Mothers aged ≥ 18 years with a breast-fed infant ≤ 18 months of age during the COVID-19 pandemic in Beijing, China, completed a questionnaire. Descriptive analysis of lockdown consequences was performed and predictors of these outcomes were examined using stepwise linear regression.

Results

Of 2233 participants, 29.9%, 20.0% and 34.7% felt down, lonely, and worried, respectively, during the lockdown; however, 85.3% felt able to cope. Poorer maternal mental health was predicted by maternal (younger age, higher education) and infant (older age, lower gestation) chara

SUBMITTER: Wei Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8231088 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature