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ArticleRisk management and healthcare policy2021

Assessment of the level of anxiety and pain in women who do and do not attend childbirth classes during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic.

Natalia Kuciel, Edyta Sutkowska, Karolina Biernat, Katarzyna Hap, Justyna Mazurek, Iwona Demczyszak

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Article in Risk management and healthcare policy, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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  1. Perinatal Anxiety among Women during the COVID-19 Pandemic-A Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Natalia KucielDepartment and Division of Medical Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine, Wroclaw Medical University, Wrocław, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-1817-9550
Edyta SutkowskaDepartment and Division of Medical Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine, Wroclaw Medical University, Wrocław, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-1602-8978
Karolina BiernatDepartment and Division of Medical Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine, Wroclaw Medical University, Wrocław, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-1556-0177
Katarzyna HapDepartment and Division of Medical Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine, Wroclaw Medical University, Wrocław, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-9603-3613
Justyna MazurekDepartment and Division of Medical Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine, Wroclaw Medical University, Wrocław, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-8983-0286
Iwona DemczyszakDepartment and Division of Medical Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine, Wroclaw Medical University, Wrocław, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-2716-0357
Wroclaw Medical University · PL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionParticipation in childbirth classes is aimed at learning to cope with the anxiety that accompanies a woman during her pregnancy and childbirth. The aim of the study was to answer the question whether the lack of access to childbirth classes affected anxiety and perinatal pain in pregnant women who gave birth during the pandemic period. MATERIALS AND

methodsThis cross-sectional survey-based study involved women who were pregnant during the lockdown period. The respondents were asked to fill in the following questionnaires: a personal questionnaire, the Polish version of the Delivery Fear Scale and the Numeric Rating Scale for the assessment of average and maximum pain experienced during the labour. The survey was completed within 24-72 hours after the birth of the child. The obtained questionnaires were divided into 2 groups based on the information concerning attending or not attending childbirth classes (divided into subgroups): group A - patients participated in childbirth classes, and group B - patients did not participate in childbirth classes.

resultsGroups were homogeneous in terms of age, weight, height, body mass index and week of gestation. Perception of anxiety did not differ between groups. There was a correlation between particular formulation of the Delivery Fear Scale and "week of gestation" variable. In the group of women who gave birth naturally without anesthesia, there were no significant differences between groups in terms of mean and maximum pain during labour.

conclusionThe level of anxiety and pain associated with childbirth is not modulated by childbirth classes during the pandemic period. There is s a correlation between particular formulation of the Delivery Fear Scale and "week of gestation" variable. In the group of women who gave birth naturally without anesthesia, there are no significant differences between groups in terms of mean and maximum pain during labour.

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deliveryeducationwomen’s health issue

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PMCPMC8572113
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