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- Title
The Effect of COVID-19 Pandemic and Social Restrictions on Depression Rates and Maternal Attachment in Immediate Postpartum Women: a Preliminary Study.
- Authors
Oskovi-Kaplan, Z. Asli; Buyuk, Gül Nihal; Ozgu-Erdinc, A. Seval; Keskin, H. Levent; Ozbas, Alper; Moraloglu Tekin, Ozlem
- Abstract
We aimed to evaluate the postpartum depression rates and maternal-infant bonding status among immediate postpartum women, whose last trimester overlapped with the lockdowns and who gave birth in a tertiary care center which had strong hospital restrictions due to serving also for COVID-19 patients, in the capital of Turkey. The low-risk term pregnant women who gave birth were given the surveys Edinburgh Postpartum Depression Scale (EPDS) and Maternal Attachment Inventory (MAI) within 48 h after birth. A total of 223 women were recruited. The median score obtained from the EPDS was 7 (7) and 33 (14.7%) of the women were determined to have a risk for postpartum depression. The median scores of the EPDS inventory of depressive women were 15 (3). The median MAI score of 223 women was 100 (26); and the MAI scores of women with depression were significantly lower than the controls [73 (39) vs. 101 (18) respectively, p < 0.001]. Evaluation of the factors that affect the psychological status of pregnant and postpartum women will lead the healthcare system to improve the implementations during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Subjects
TURKEY; COVID-19 pandemic; POSTPARTUM depression; COVID-19; PUERPERIUM; MENTAL depression; PRENATAL depression
- Publication
Psychiatric Quarterly, 2021, Vol 92, Issue 2, p675
- ISSN
0033-2720
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11126-020-09843-1