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- Title
Impact of health literacy on anxiety and depressive symptoms in pregnant women in Japan during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Authors
Haruyama, Yasuo; Miyagi, Etsuko; Kobashi, Gen; Obata, Soichiro; Umazume, Takeshi; Yoshimi, Asuka; Hishimoto, Akitoyo; Kurasawa, Kentaro; Suzuki, Yukio; Ikeda, Tomoaki; Kimura, Tadashi; Yamada, Hideto
- Abstract
To investigate the relationships between communicative and critical health literacy (CCHL) and anxiety and depressive symptoms (ADs) in pregnant women during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. A cross-sectional study was conducted and 5466 pregnant women responded in Japan in September 2020. A Kessler 6 scale (K6) score ≥ 10, an Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) score ≥ 13, and four CCHL groups were analyzed using a logistic regression model and trend test. The proportions of pregnant women with a K6 score ≥ 10 and EPDS score ≥ 13 were 13.5 and 15.4%, respectively. In comparisons with the low CCHL group, the adjusted odds ratio (95% CI) for anxiety symptoms was 0.770 (0.604–0.982) in the high CCHL group, while those for depressive symptoms were 0.777 (0.639–0.946), 0.665 (0.537–0.824), and 0.666 (0.529–0.838) in the lower, higher, and high CCHL groups (all p < 0.05), respectively, after adjustments for potential confounding factors, such as age, weeks of gestation, complications, history, number of children, marital status, education, employment, and income. Higher CCHL was associated with significantly lower adjusted odds ratios for anxiety (p for trend = 0.019) and depressive symptoms (p for trend < 0.001). These results suggest a relationship between CCHL and ADs in pregnant women during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Subjects
JAPAN; DEPRESSION in women; HEALTH literacy; COVID-19; COVID-19 pandemic; EDINBURGH Postnatal Depression Scale; MATERNAL health; ANXIETY
- Publication
Scientific Reports, 2022, Vol 12, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
2045-2322
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/s41598-022-18405-3