Giving birth during the COVID‐19 pandemic: The impact on birth satisfaction and postpartum depression

Mariño-Narvaez, Carolina; Puertas-Gonzalez, José A.; Romero-González, Borja; Peralta-Ramírez, María Isabel

doi:10.1002/ijgo.13565

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“…Total scores range between 0 and 40, with higher scores indicating more perceived stress. In the present study, perceived stress was classified as low (0-13), moderate (14-26), or high (27)(28)(29)(30)(31)(32)(33)(34)(35)(36)(37)(38)(39)(40), as suggested by others [35,36]. The PSS-10 scale had good reliability (Cronbach's alpha = 0.89).…”

Section: Primary Outcomes and Psychological Questionnairessupporting

confidence: 49%

Prevalence of Depression, Anxiety, and Perceived Stress in Postpartum Mexican Women during the COVID-19 Lockdown

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Estrada-Gutiérrez

Sánchez-Martínez

et al. 2021

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The COVID-19 lockdown represents a new challenge for mental health researchers and clinical practitioners. This cross-sectional study aimed to investigate the prevalence of depression, anxiety, and perceived stress in postpartum Mexican women. The study included 293, 4–12-week postpartum women over the age of 18. The Edinburgh Postpartum Depression Scale (EPDS), Trait-State Trait Anxiety Inventory (T-STAI), and Ten Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-10), which are all questionnaires validated for the Mexican population, were applied using a web-based online survey. Prevalence and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated. The mean ± standard deviation (SD) of the maternal age was 29.9 ± 6.3 years; the EPDS score: 11 ± 6, T-STAI score: 41.7 ± 12.3, and PSS-10 score: 17.1 ± 7. The prevalence (95% CI) of the postpartum depression symptoms was 39.2% (34–45%), trait anxiety symptoms were found among 46.1% (32–43%) of the participants, and moderate and high perceived stress were in 58% (52–64) and 10.9% (7.8–15) of the participants, respectively. The prevalence of depressive symptoms, generalized anxiety, and perceived stress was higher among postpartum Mexican women during the COVID-19 outbreak than before the lockdown. Our findings highlight the importance of monitoring perinatal mental health during pandemics and the need to design effective psychologic interventions for these patients.

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confidence: 49%

Prevalence of Depression, Anxiety, and Perceived Stress in Postpartum Mexican Women during the COVID-19 Lockdown

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Estrada-Gutiérrez

Sánchez-Martínez

et al. 2021

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“…Recent reports have documented the psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic among pregnant and postpartum women, including increased incidence of depression and anxiety (Ceulemans et al, 2020;Durankuş & Aksu, 2020;Parra-Saavedra et al, 2020;Zanardo et al, 2020). Additionally, a report from Spain observed associations between giving birth during the pandemic with poorer birth experience and postpartum depression (Mariño-Narvaez et al, 2020). Our findings add to this literature by demonstrating a n of some covariates do no not total 237 due to missing data b Chi-Square test c SARS-CoV-2 status defined from PCR test results (if available) using medical record data, or self-reported results (if no record); percentages are of the total women tested d Based on medical record data…”

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Pandemic Birthing: Childbirth Satisfaction, Perceived Health Care Bias, and Postpartum Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Janević

Maru

Nowlin

et al. 2021

Matern Child Health J

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Objective To examine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on birth satisfaction and perceived health care discrimination during childbirth, and in turn, the influence of these birth experiences on postpartum health. Study Design We conducted a cross-sectional, bilingual web survey of 237 women who gave birth at two hospitals in New York City and assessed patient-reported experience and outcomes following the first wave of SARS-CoV-2 infections in the New York region. We ascertained SARS-CoV-2 status at delivery from the electronic medical record using participant-reported name and date of birth. We compared birth experience during the COVID-19 pandemic (March 15, 2020–May 11, 2020) to a pre-pandemic response period (January 1, 2020–March 14, 2020). We estimated risk ratios for associations between birth experience and anxiety, depressive symptoms, stress, birth-related PTSD, emergency department visits, timely postpartum visit, and exclusive breastfeeding. Multivariable models adjusted for age, race-ethnicity, insurance, education, parity, BMI, previous experience of maltreatment/abuse and cesarean delivery. Results Women who gave birth during the peak of the pandemic response, and those that were SARS-CoV-2 positive, Black, and Latina, had lower birth satisfaction and higher perceived health care discrimination. Women with lower birth satisfaction were more likely to report higher postpartum anxiety, stress, depressive symptoms, and lower exclusive breastfeeding. Experiencing one or more incident of health care discrimination was associated with higher levels of postpartum stress and birth-related PTSD. Conclusion Hospitals and policy-makers should institute measures to safeguard against a negative birth experience during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, particularly among birthing people of color.

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“…Marino-Narvaez et al in their research found that women who gave birth during the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain reported lower quality of care if compared with women who gave birth before the pandemic (Marino-Narvaez et al, 2020). However, our research shows that despite the elevated proportion of women who had to give birth without the participation of a support person, the overall birth experience and provided care was not significantly inferior for women giving birth during the COVID-19 pandemic if compared with the control group.…”

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confidence: 98%

“…Since the outbreak of COVID-19, research has been done to assess the effects on maternal mental health. Elevated depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms have been reported among women who gave birth during the COVID-19 pandemic (Wu et al, 2020;Ostacoli et al, 2020;Marino-Narvaez, Puertas-Gonzalez, Romero-Gonzalez, & Peralta-Ramirez, 2020).…”

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“…The research on women's experience of childbirth during the COVID-19 pandemic is rather scarce. One research showed that childbirth during the COVID-19 pandemic is associated with higher perceived stress levels and poorer quality of care during delivery (Marino-Narvaez et al, 2020). Another research also showed that women delivering during the COVID-19 pandemic had a significantly higher acute stress response than the sociodemographically matched control group.…”

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Childbirth Experience During the Covid-19 Pandemic in Maternity Care Institutions in Latvia

Kovale

Teraudkalna

Vasioleka

et al. 2021

SIE

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The COVID-19 pandemic has had a major impact on people’s lives worldwide, causing stress and anxiety for many people, including pregnant women. In addition do not knowing the implications of the new disease, pregnant women may also be negatively impacted by public health actions, such as limitations for accompanying persons to participate in childbirth and overall social distancing. The main objective of the research is to compare childbirth among women who gave birth during the COVID-19 pandemic with a control group. The data was collected using a questionnaire for Assessing the Childbirth Experience. 537 women who gave birth in 2019 and 2020 were included in the research and divided into two groups based on whether they gave birth before or after the state of emergency was declared in Latvia on March 12, 2020. The data was analysed using the IBM SPSS statistics program. The results showed that the childbirth experience for women giving birth without an accompanying person was statistically inferior on several accounts (process control, level of fear, breastfeeding support, etc.) than for women who had an accompanying person participating. In the research group there were proportionally more such women than in the control group, showing that COVID-19 has negatively impacted childbirth experience for many women.

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Giving birth during the COVID‐19 pandemic: The impact on birth satisfaction and postpartum depression

Abstract: Women who gave birth during the pandemic shown higher dissatisfaction with childbirth and more postpartum depression symptoms than those who gave birth before the pandemic.

Cited by 74 publications

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Prevalence of Depression, Anxiety, and Perceived Stress in Postpartum Mexican Women during the COVID-19 Lockdown

Prevalence of Depression, Anxiety, and Perceived Stress in Postpartum Mexican Women during the COVID-19 Lockdown

Pandemic Birthing: Childbirth Satisfaction, Perceived Health Care Bias, and Postpartum Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Childbirth Experience During the Covid-19 Pandemic in Maternity Care Institutions in Latvia

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