Fear of COVID-19 when experiencing pregnancy or childbirth in the pandemic: what are the associated factors?

Autor: Paula AJ; Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro. Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil., Condeles PC; Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro. Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil., Silva JAD; Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro. Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil., Santos LMD; Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana. Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brazil., Fonseca LMM; Universidade de São Paulo. Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil., Ruiz MT; Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro. Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil., Wernet M; Universidade Federal de São Carlos. São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil.
Jazyk: English; Portuguese
Zdroj: Revista brasileira de enfermagem [Rev Bras Enferm] 2023 Dec 08; Vol. 76Suppl 2 (Suppl 2), pp. e20220755. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Dec 08 (Print Publication: 2023).
DOI: 10.1590/0034-7167-2022-0755
Abstrakt: Objective: to identify factors associated with fear of COVID-19 among women who experienced pregnancy or childbirth during the pandemic.
Methods: a cross-sectional study, nested within a prospective cohort, using an online survey, from August 2021 to February 2022, based on descriptive data analysis.
Results: of the 431 participants, 52.8% were postpartum women and 20.1% were pregnant women. With regard to fear of COVID-19, a mean score of 20.46 was obtained (moderate fear). The highest fear scores were present in women whose newborns were admitted to hospital in neonatal critical units (p=0.032), and the lowest among those covered by supplementary health (insurance) (p=0.016).
Conclusion: among pregnant and postpartum women, high fear of COVID-19 translated into the possibility of having newborns admitted to hospital in a critical unit. The importance of supporting actions to support pregnant/postpartum women's mental health in relation to COVID-19 or other threats that may influence the neonatal outcome stands out.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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