Postpartum mood among universally screened high and low socioeconomic status patients during COVID-19 social restrictions in New York City

Autor: Michael E. Silverman, Laudy Burgos, Zoe I. Rodriguez, Omara Afzal, Alyssa Kalishman, Francesco Callipari, Yvon Pena, Ruth Gabay, Holly Loudon
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Scientific Reports, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2045-2322
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-79564-9
Popis: Abstract The mental health effects of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on postpartum women are of increasing concern among mental health practitioners. To date, only a handful of studies have explored the emotional impact of the pandemic surrounding pregnancy and none have investigated the consequence of pandemic-related social restrictions on the postpartum mood of those living among different socioeconomic status (SES). All postpartum patients appearing to the Mount Sinai Health System for their postpartum appointment between January 2, 2020 and June 30, 2020, corresponding to before and during pandemic imposed social restrictions, were screened for mood symptomatology using the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS). Each patient’s socioeconomic status (high/low) was determined by their location of clinical service. A total of 516 postpartum patients were screened. While no differences in EPDS scores were observed by SES prior to social restrictions (U = 7956.0, z = − 1.05, p = .293), a significant change in mood symptomatology was observed following COVID-19 restrictions (U = 4895.0, z = − 3.48, p
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