The protective role of postpartum resilience on anxiety rates of Brazilian mothers during the COVID-19 pandemic

Autor: Carolina Coelho Scholl, Fernanda Teixeira Coelho, Bárbara Borges Rubin, Caroline Nickel Ávila, Isabela Petry, Kathreim Macedo da Rosa, Rayssa da Luz Martins, Victória Duquia da Silva, Mariana Weizer, Jéssica Puchalski Trettim, Mariana Bonati de Matos, Ricardo Tavares Pinheiro, Luciana de Avila Quevedo
Jazyk: English<br />Portuguese
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Jornal Brasileiro de Psiquiatria, Vol 72, Iss 3, Pp 184-190 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1982-0208
0047-2085
DOI: 10.1590/0047-2085000000421
Popis: ABSTRACT Objective: We evaluated the protective effect of postpartum resilience (measured before the pandemic onset) on the prevalence of moderate to severe anxiety symptoms during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Methods: The sample included 589 mothers from a longitudinal study in southern Brazil. Three months after delivery we assessed maternal resilience through the Resilience Scale (RS). The Generalized Anxiety Disorders 7-item (GAD-7) was used to assess anxiety symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic. Results: The prevalence of severe to moderate anxiety symptoms in this sample was 28.4% (95% CI: 25.0; 32.0). Resilience showed to be a protective factor against moderate to severe anxiety symptoms during the pandemic (OR: 0.98; p
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