Psychological stress associated with the COVID-19 pandemic in postpartum women in Yokohama, Japan.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

This study aimed to clarify how the COVID-19 pandemic impacts psychological stress levels in postpartum women in Yokohama, Japan.

Methods

We retrospectively compared the rates of positive screening tests for postpartum depression (Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale score of 9 or more or self-injury factors) and liaison/psychiatric intervention rates between pre-pandemic and pandemic groups of postpartum women who delivered a live birth at our tertiary perinatal center in Yokohama, Japan between January 2019 and May 2020. Those whose postpartum health screening was performed in 2019 (March-June 2019) were considered the pre-pandemic group, and those whose screening was performed between March and June 2020 were considered the pandemic group. Adjustments were made for ma

SUBMITTER: Hiiragi K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8251499 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature