The psychological impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic on women who become pregnant after receiving treatment for infertility: a longitudinal study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To compare the impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on the psychological health of patients with infertility who have become pregnant with that of women who have not.

Design

Prospective cohort study conducted from April 2020 to June 2020. The participants completed three questionnaires over this period.

Setting

A single large, university-affiliated infertility practice.

Patients

A total of 443 pregnant women and 1,476 women still experiencing infertility who completed all three questionnaires.

Interventions

None.

Main outcome measures

Patient-reported primary stressor over three months of the first major COVID-19 surge; further data on self-reported sadness, anxiety, loneliness, and the use of personal coping strate

SUBMITTER: Domar AD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8786401 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature