Psychiatria Danubina, Vol. 33 No. 2, 2021.
Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.24869/psyd.2021.231
POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER AND AFFECTING FACTORS IN PREGNANT WOMEN IN THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Pınar Kara
orcid.org/0000-0001-6710-6713
; Nursing Department, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Nursing, Niğde Ömer Halisdemir University, Niğde Zübeyde Hanım School of Health, Niğde, Turkey
Evşen Nazik
orcid.org/0000-0001-5464-4467
; Nursing Department, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Nursing, Çukurova University Faculty of Health Sciences, Adana, Turkey
Hakan Nazik
; Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Adana City Training and Research Hospital, Adana, Turkey
Dilara Özer
; Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Adana City Training and Research Hospital, Adana, Turkey
Abstract
Background: Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) causes adverse obstetric outcomes in pregnants. COVID-19 pandemic can cause PTSD symptoms in pregnant women. This descriptive study aims to determine the post-traumatic stress disorder and affecting factors in pregnant women in the COVID-19 pandemic.
Subjects and methods: A total of 445 pregnant women completed “Data Collection Form” and “DSM-5 Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Checklist (PCL-5)”.
Results: The mean total PCL-5 score of the pregnant women was found to be 57.27±17.90. There was a significant difference between PCL-5 and gestational week, parity, the idea that the COVID-19 outbreak would cause a problem in childbirth, the presence of a COVID-19 in one of the family members/a loved one, the status of following COVID-19 -related developments (p<0.05).
Conclusions: It is important for health professionals to evaluate the psychological effects of the pandemic in pregnants during antenatal period.
Keywords
SARS-CoV-2; pregnancy; post-traumatic stress disorder; health professional
Hrčak ID:
259670
URI
Publication date:
29.6.2021.
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