Generalized anxiety disorder among mothers attending perinatal services during COVID-19 pandemic: using ordinal logistic regression model.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Generalized anxiety disorder is characterized by excessive and uncontrollable worry about a variety of events. It is critical to ensure a pregnant mother's mental health in order to reduce pregnancy and birth-related problems. The major goal of current study was to identify the factors associated with generalized anxiety disorder among mothers attending perinatal services in the study area during COVID-19 using ordinal logistic regression.

Methods

The institution-based cross-sectional study was conducted from July 10^th, 2020 to August 10^th, 2020 at Kembata Tembaro zone, Southern Ethiopia. The current study included 423 mothers. The GAD-7 scale was used to assess the anxiety level among mothers. An Ordered logit model was used to identify the

SUBMITTER: Lelisho ME 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9220756 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature