Favre, Guillaume; Kunz, Cléa; Schwank, Simone; Chung, Ho-Fung; Radan, Anda Petronela; Raio, Luigi; Fluri, Mihaela; Winterfeld, Ursula; Baud, David; Pomar, Léo (2022). Mental health in pregnant individuals during the COVID-19 pandemic based on a Swiss online survey. Scientific reports, 12(1), p. 18448. Springer Nature 10.1038/s41598-022-21881-2
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The aim of our study was to evaluate the mental health of pregnant individuals during the early COVID-19 pandemic and the potential factors associated. A Swiss online survey was proposed to individuals who gave birth during the pandemic period from March 2020. The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS), Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7 questions (GAD-7), and Impact Event Scale-Revised (IES-R) were evaluated and used to defined mental health impairment as a composite outcome. From October, 2020 to February, 2021, 736 participants responded. The anxiety GAD-7 score was moderate in 9.6% and severe in 2.0%. The EPDS was moderate in 21.5% and severe in 32.9%. The IES-R was moderate in 10.3% and severe in 3.9%. Mental health impairment was reported in 37.0%. The association between the risk of mental health impairment and foreign nationality was significant (OR = 1.48; 95%CI [1.06-2.05]) as well as fetal and pregnancy worries because of coronavirus (OR = 1.46; 95% CI [1.08-1.98]) and 1.65; 95% CI [1.22-2.24]). Adjusted ORs were significant for foreign nationality (aOR = 1.51; 95%CI [1.07-2.13]) and pregnancy worries because of coronavirus (aOR = 1.62; 95%CI [1.10-2.40]). Pregnant people and especially foreign national have a high risk of mental health impairment during the pandemic.
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Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Gynaecology, Paediatrics and Endocrinology (DFKE) > Clinic of Gynaecology |
UniBE Contributor: |
Radan, Anda-Petronela, Raio, Luigi, Fluri, Mihaela-Madalina |
Subjects: |
600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health |
ISSN: |
2045-2322 |
Publisher: |
Springer Nature |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Pubmed Import |
Date Deposited: |
04 Nov 2022 12:02 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 16:27 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1038/s41598-022-21881-2 |
PubMed ID: |
36323687 |
BORIS DOI: |
10.48350/174496 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/174496 |
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