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Giving birth during the COVID‐19 pandemic: The impact on birth satisfaction and postpartum depression
Objective To understand how giving birth during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic affected women based on birth parameters (gestational age, type of birth and body weight at birth), satisfaction with childbirth, and development of postpartum depression. Methods This is a cross‐section...
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Published in: | International journal of gynecology and obstetrics 2021-04, Vol.153 (1), p.83-88 |
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Language: | English |
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To understand how giving birth during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic affected women based on birth parameters (gestational age, type of birth and body weight at birth), satisfaction with childbirth, and development of postpartum depression.
Methods
This is a cross‐sectional study of 162 Spanish women. They were divided into two groups: those who gave birth before the pandemic (n = 82; from September 1, 2019 to March 1, 2020) and during the pandemic (n = 75; from April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2020). They were assessed using psychological instruments for postpartum childbirth satisfaction and postpartum depression.
Results
It was found that women who gave birth during the pandemic suffered higher levels of stress during childbirth (U = 2652.50; P = 0.040) and gave a worse rating of the quality of care received (U = 2703.50; P = 0.041). In addition, the percentage of postpartum depression was much higher in women who gave birth during the pandemic (χ2 = 4.31; P = 0.038).
Conclusion
Giving birth during the COVID‐19 pandemic could have an impact on greater dissatisfaction with childbirth, as well as increasing the risk of postpartum depression.
Women who gave birth during the pandemic showed higher dissatisfaction with childbirth and more postpartum depression symptoms than those who gave birth before the pandemic. |
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ISSN: | 0020-7292 1879-3479 |
DOI: | 10.1002/ijgo.13565 |