ArticleAnnals of medicine2021
Fear, anxiety and depression among pregnant women during COVID-19 pandemic: impacts of healthy eating behaviour and health literacy.
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- Maternal health literacy as a potential determinant of infant and early childhood health: a systematic review.Frontiers in public health · 2026Pooled it
- Perinatal depression and its associated risk factors during the COVID-19 pandemic in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2024Pooled it
- Prevalence of Perinatal Anxiety and Related Disorders in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.JAMA network open · 2023Pooled it
- Dietary eating patterns, dairy consumption, and anxiety: A systematic literature review.PloS one · 2023Pooled it
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- The Impact of Outdoor Physical Activities on the Health of Pregnant Women: A Scoping Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- COVID-19-related health literacy, general health literacy, and mental health problems: evidence from a population-based study in Japan.Environmental health and preventive medicine · 2026Article
- The mediating role of depressive symptoms in the relationship between health literacy and suicide-related behaviors in middle school students.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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- The relationship between pregnancy stress and antepartum depression in Chinese pregnant women: the mediating effect of social support and maternal health literacy.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Leaflet information by the local government on mental health during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic: a cross-sectional study in a rural area in Japan.Family practice · 2024Article
- Fear and Impact of COVID-19 Among Post-Infected Adults: Types and Associations with Quality of Life and Post-Traumatic Stress Symptoms.Journal of epidemiology and global health · 2024Article
- Does the Fear of COVID-19 Impact on Menopausal Symptoms in Women? A Research Investigation.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Factors associated with clinical nurses' preconception health behavior in Korea: a cross-sectional survey.Women's health nursing (Seoul, Korea) · 2024Article
- The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Health Behaviours of Pregnant Women in Poland: A Cross-Sectional Study.Nutrients · 2023Article
- Correlation of lifestyle behaviors during pregnancy with postpartum depression status of puerpera in the rural areas of South China.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Social support, health literacy and anxiety among pregnant women during coronavirus 2019 pandemic in Thailand.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Effects of dynamic zero COVID-19 policy on anxiety status and lifestyle changes of pregnant women in rural South China: a survey-based analysis by propensity score matching method.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Association of Eating Disorders in Prenatal and Perinatal Women and Its Complications in Their Offspring.Cureus · 2022Review
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Abstract
introductionThe COVID-19 pandemic has been influencing people's psychological health, especially in pregnant women. We aimed to examine associated factors of fear of COVID-19, anxiety and depression among pregnant women during the pandemic where the impacts of healthy eating behaviour (HES) and health literacy (HL) were emphasized.
methodsA cross-sectional study was conducted between 14 February 2020 and 31 May 2020 in 18 health centres and hospitals across Vietnam. Data of 518 pregnant women were analysed, including socio-demographics, pregnant-related factors, HES, HL, health-related behaviours, fear of COVID-19 scale (FCoV-19S), anxiety (using the generalized anxiety disorder (GAD-7)) and depression (using the patient health questionnaire with 9 items (PHQ-9)). Regression analysis was utilized to explore the associations.
resultsPregnant women with higher scores of HES and HL had lower likelihood of anxiety (odds ratio, OR, 0.79; 95% confidence interval (95%CI), 0.73, 0.87;
conclusionsAmong others, HES and HL had positive impacts on protecting pregnant women against anxiety and depression. Improving HES and HL should be addressed as a strategic approach to improve reproductive health during the pandemic.KEY MESSAGEThe COVID-19 pandemic influences antenatal mental disorders with the higher level as opposed to that before the pandemic.Healthy eating behaviour and better health literacy (HL) had critical roles in lowering prenatal anxiety and depression during the COVID-19 crisis.Strategic approaches for improving healthy eating and HL should be recommended for protecting pregnant women from mental health problems during the pandemic.
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