COVID-19-related anxiety and concerns expressed by pregnant and postpartum women—a survey among obstetricians
- 25 August 2020
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Archives of Women's Mental Health
- Vol. 23 (6), 787-790
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00737-020-01060-w
Abstract
This paper from India describes anxieties that pregnant and postpartum women reported to obstetricians during the COVID-19 pandemic. Of the 118 obstetricians who responded to an online survey, most had been contacted for concerns about hospital visits (72.65%), methods of protection (60.17%), the safety of the infant (52.14%), anxieties related to social media messages (40.68%) and contracting the infection (39.83%). Obstetricians felt the need for resources such as videos, websites and counselling skills to handle COVID-related anxiety among perinatal women.Keywords
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