Abstract:

The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has a negative impact on the psychology of society. This study aims to determine the levels of stress, anxiety and depression during pregnancy COVID-19 epidemic and to study the behaviors of the method of birth in a variety of scales. Method: The study included 151 pregnancies that apply for the tracking of female diseases and birth clinic in our hospital’s third stage. A survey of 31 questions included demographic information for all pregnant women and included questions related to COVID-19, event impact scale (IES-R), depression anxiety stress scale-21 (DASS-21) and reviewed pregnancy anxiety survey (PRAQ-R). Results: According to classifications made in the subgroups of DASS-21, 16.5% of pregnancies had severe or excessive depression, 35.1% had severe or excessive anxiety, and 11.2% had severe or excessive stress. The average IES-R and PRAQ-R scores were significantly higher in those under thirty-five years of age compared to those aged 35 years and older (p=0,02 and p=0,01 respectively). For the first time pregnant women, PRAQ-R (p<0,001), DASS-21 total (p=0,019), DASS-21 anxiety (p=0,012) and DASS-21 stress (p=0,014) scores were higher compared to previous pregnant women. The study found that the epidemic affects pregnancy levels of depression, anxiety, and stress, and that this effect is even higher, especially in young pregnancies and in those with early pregnancies.

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