ArticleMidwifery2023
Social support and mental health in maternity: Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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- Protective factors for maternal mental health and life satisfaction during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal analysis.BMJ open · 2026Article
- Relationship Between Fatigue, Perceived Social Support and Symptomatology of Long-COVID Patients in Spain.Scandinavian journal of caring sciences · 2025Observational
- The mediating role of sleep quality in the relationship between social support and depressive symptoms in early pregnant women.American journal of translational research · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundMotherhood involves a process of adaptation and the perception of social support influences mental health, breastfeeding or newborn care among others. The COVID-19 pandemic has generated a distancing from family, friends and health professionals.
methodsQuantitative, descriptive, cross-sectional study. The present study aims to describe and analyze the social support and mental health of mothers during this period.
methodsThe sample were 179 women with children older than 6 months. The questionnaires used were the DUKE-UNC-11 and GHQ-12. Data analysis was carried out with Spearman's Rho and Mann Whitney U test.
results75.8% of the sample perceived normal social support during the pandemic. Within the dimensions of social support, women reported perceiving satisfactory confidential support, while affective support was perceived as low. Correlational analysis reported a significant relationship between mental health, confidential support and affective support. Group comparison noted greater confidential support in primiparous.
conclusionsThe sample is sensitive to changes originated by COVID-19 constraints influencing perceived social support and mental health. Affective and confidential support as well as the involvement of health professionals and the environment are fundamental for mental health during the first year of maternity. RELEVANCE TO CLINICAL PRACTICE: Mothers' mental health is sensitive and vulnerable to social changes, in this case, those that occurred as a consequence of the COVID-19 outbreak.
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