@misc{10481/104201,
year = {2023},
month = {11},
url = {https://hdl.handle.net/10481/104201},
abstract = {Aim: This study aimed to analyze the psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on pregnant women according to the pregnancy trimester, comparing their psychopathological symptomatology, pregnancy-specific stress, resilience and perceived stress to those of women pregnant before the pandemic. Methods: A total of 797 pregnant women participated in the study, one group of 393 women pregnant before the pandemic and the other of 404 women pregnant during the pandemic. Student-t test was used to analyze continuous data and the Chi-square test was used for categorical data. Results: Psychopathological symptomatology was significantly higher in six subscales of the SCL-90-R in pregnant women during COVID-19: somatization, interpersonal sensitivity, depression, anxiety, phobic anxiety, obsessions-compulsions, mainly on the first two trimesters. There is also a higher level of pregnancy-specific stress in pregnant women during the pandemic on the first two trimesters, most likely due to the hypervigilance and fears related to the COVID-19 disease. Nevertheless, perceived stress, usually elevated during pregnancy, was lower in women pregnant during the pandemic in comparison to those pregnant before, as a positive consequence of being on lockdown and diminishing the exposure to daily stressful situations. Conclusions: Knowing the struggles these women go through during each trimester of pregnancy can be the key to a better health professional-patient relationship, consequently having a positive impact on their mental and physical health.},
organization = {Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities/State Research Agency 10.13039/501100011033 PID2019-110115GB-I00},
publisher = {Taylor & Francis},
title = {Pregnant women's mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic according to the trimester of pregnancy},
doi = {10.1080/02646838.2023.2279039},
author = {Mariño Narváez, Carolina and Puertas González, José Antonio and Romero Gonzalez, Borja and Christin Kraneis, Marie and Peralta Ramírez, María Isabel},
}