Observational studyRevista de saude publica2021
COVID-19 and mental health of pregnant women in Ceará, Brazil.
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- Women's mental health and COVID-19: increased vulnerability and inequalities.Frontiers in global women's health · 2024Pooled it
- Effects of intrauterine exposure to SARS-CoV-2 on infants' development: a rapid review and meta-analysis.European journal of pediatrics · 2023Pooled it
- The prevalence of mental ill-health in women during pregnancy and after childbirth during the Covid-19 pandemic: a systematic review and Meta-analysis.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2023Pooled it
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- Relationships Between Mental Health, Negative Feelings of COVID-19, and Parenting Among Pregnant Women in Fortaleza, Brazil.Maternal and child health journal · 2024Article
- Domestic violence patterns in postpartum women who delivered during the COVID-19 pandemic.Revista brasileira de epidemiologia = Brazilian journal of epidemiology · 2024Article
- Intimate Partner Violence among women living in families with children under the poverty line and its association with common mental disorders during COVID-19 pandemics in Ceará, Brazil.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Food insecurity among families with infants born during the COVID-19 pandemic in Fortaleza, Northeast Brazil.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2023Article
- Impact of Facebook on Social Support and Emotional Wellbeing in Perinatal Women during Three Waves of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Mexico: A Descriptive Qualitative Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
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- Infants' and toddlers' digital media use and mothers' mental health: A comparative study before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.Infant mental health journal · 2022Article
- The association between maternal fears about their infant/ toddler during the COVID-19 pandemic and depression and anxiety: a birth cohort study.Revista brasileira de psiquiatria (Sao Paulo, Brazil : 1999)Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo assess the perceptions of pregnant women about COVID-19 and the prevalence of common mental disorders during the implemented social distancing period.
methodsThis was an observational, cross-sectional study using digital media, of pregnant women exposed to social distancing due to the COVID-19 pandemic, in Fortaleza, Ceará, Northeastern Brazil. Common mental disorders were estimated using the modified Self-Report Questionnaire-20 (SRQ-20) scale, and the feelings towards COVID-19 were assessed using the Fear of COVID-19 scale through telephone calls made in May 2020. COX multivariate regression models were used to verify the associations.
resultsOf the 1,041 pregnant women, 45.7% (95%CI: 42.7-48.8) had common mental disorders (CMD). All items of the Fear of COVID-19 Scale showed a significant association with the prevalence of CMD (p < 0.001). A CMD risk gradient was observed, going from a prevalence ratio of 1.52 (95%CI: 1.13-2.04) in pregnant women with two positive items to 2.70 (95%CI: 2.08-3.51) for those with four positive items. Early gestational age and the lack of prenatal care were also associated with CMD.
conclusionsThe prevalence of common mental disorders in pregnant women was high during the period of social distancing and was aggravated by negative feelings towards COVID-19.
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