Giving birth during a pandemic : From elation to psychopathology

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OBJECTIVE: To compare the postpartum psychopathological symptoms of women who gave birth before the pandemic with those who gave birth during the pandemic.

METHODS: A total of 212 women participated in the study, of which 96 gave birth before the pandemic and 116 during the pandemic. Psychopathological symptoms, postpartum depression, perceived stress, and resilience were evaluated.

RESULTS: Women who gave birth during the pandemic had higher scores on somatization, obsessions and compulsions, interpersonal sensitivity, depression, anxiety, hostility, phobic anxiety, and psychoticism. In addition, perceived stress was the common predictor of an increase in these symptoms.

CONCLUSION: Postpartum is a complicated period in a woman's life. Many psychological adaptations take place and women may be subject to psychological alterations during this period. In addition, women who gave birth during the COVID-19 crisis may show greater psychological vulnerability, due to the specific situation experienced during the pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic may have played a role in the increase in psychopathological symptoms after childbirth. Detecting possible symptoms postpartum plays a crucial role, because it allows intervening and preventing the development of psychopathologies.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:155

Enthalten in:

International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics - 155(2021), 3 vom: 29. Dez., Seite 466-474

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Puertas-Gonzalez, Jose A [VerfasserIn]
Mariño-Narvaez, Carolina [VerfasserIn]
Romero-Gonzalez, Borja [VerfasserIn]
Peralta-Ramirez, Maria Isabel [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Anxiety
COVID-19
Depression
Journal Article
Postpartum
Psychopathology
Stress

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 03.11.2021

Date Revised 16.07.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/ijgo.13803

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM327322748