Anxiety of Pregnant Women Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic and Their Coping Methods

Year 2023, Volume: 7 Issue: 3, 497 - 508, 30.09.2023

Rukiye Demir , Resmiye Kaya Odabaş , Ayten Taşpınar

https://doi.org/10.46237/amusbfd.1169966

Abstract

Objective: This study was conducted to examine the anxiety experienced by pregnant women due to the coronavirus pandemic and the methods of coping with this anxiety.
Methods: The research was carried out analytically and cross-sectionally in the obstetrics and gynecology outpatient clinic of a public hospital between June and December 2020. The population of the study consisted of pregnant women who applied to this polyclinic, and the sample consisted of 230 pregnant women. The data were collected with the "Pregnant Information Form and State Anxiety Scale".
Results: The State Anxiety Scale mean score of the pregnant women participating in the study was 47.92 ± 4.82, 90.4% of them had high levels of anxiety, 49.4% of the pregnant women who had anxiety made an attempt to cope with their anxiety, and at the beginning of these interventions, they followed general contraception methods (27.8%), praying (20.0%), not leaving the house and not accepting guests (18.3%).
Conclusion: In our study, it was concluded that pregnant women experienced high levels of anxiety due to COVID-19 infection, and that the ages of pregnant women and their spouses, their perception of income levels, family types, weeks of pregnancy, and the number of living children and pregnancies affected the anxiety of pregnant women. It can be recommended that midwives question the fears and anxieties of pregnant women while giving care, and provide necessary counseling for pregnant women to cope with their anxieties.

Keywords

Pregnancy, Anxiety, Coronavirus, Pandemic

Gebelerin COVID-19 Nedeniyle Yaşadıkları Kaygılar ve Bu Kaygılarla Baş Etme Yöntemleri

Abstract

Amaç: Bu çalışma, gebelerin koronavirüs pandemisi nedeniyle yaşadıkları kaygı ve bu kaygıyla baş etme yöntemlerini incelemek amacıyla yapılmıştır.
Yöntem: Araştırma analitik-kesitsel olarak, Haziran-Aralık 2020 tarihleri arasında bir kamu hastanesinin kadın hastalıkları ve doğum polikliniğinde yapılmıştır. Araştırmanın evrenini bu polikliniğe başvuran gebeler, örneklemini 230 gebe oluşturmuştur. Veriler "Gebe Tanıtım Formu ve Durumluk Kaygı Ölçeği" ile toplanmıştır.
Bulgular: Araştırmaya katılan gebelerin Durumluk Kaygı Ölçeği puan ortalamalarının 47.92 ± 4.82 olduğu, %90.4’ünün yüksek düzeyde kaygı yaşadığı, kaygı yaşayan gebelerin %49.4’ünün kaygılarıyla baş edebilmek için bir girişimde bulunduğu ve bu girişimlerin başında genel korunma yöntemlerine uyma (%27.8), dua etme (%20.0), evden dışarı çıkmama ve misafir kabul etmemenin (%18.3) geldiği tespit edilmiştir.
Sonuç: Çalışmamızda COVID-19 enfeksiyonu nedeniyle gebelerin yüksek düzeyde kaygı yaşadıkları, gebelerin ve eşlerinin yaşlarının, gelir düzey algılarının, aile tiplerinin, gebelik haftalarının, yaşayan çocuk ve gebelik sayılarının gebelerin kaygılarını etkilediği sonuçlarına ulaşılmıştır. Ebelerin bakım verirken gebelerin korku ve kaygılarını sorgulamaları ve gebelerin kaygılarıyla baş edebilmeleri için gerekli danışmanlığı vermeleri önerilebilir.

Keywords

Gebe, Kaygı, Koronavirüs, Pandemi

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