Does COVID-19 anxiety in pregnant women affect marital adjustment?

Abstract

In this study, it was tried to determine the relationship between anxiety and marital adjustment in pregnant women during the epidemic, and to explain the variables affecting anxiety and marital adjustment. During the epidemic, many factors cause changes in the perceived anxiety level and marital adjustment in pregnant women. As the level of COVID-19 anxiety increases in pregnant women, marital adjustment scores decrease. It was determined that the anxiety levels were lower and marital adjustment was higher in pregnant women who had a planned pregnancy, did not have fears about childbirth, thought that their physical, mental health were not affected.

Acknowledgments

I would like to express my gratitude for all the pregnant women participating in the study and Dr. Sadık Taner Tuncer and Dr. Sadettin Oğuzhan Tutar for their contributions to the study. The work has not been published elsewhere and has not been submitted for publication.

Disclosure statement

None to declare.

Research ethics

The permission was obtained from the Ministry of Health Scientific Research Platform (03.06.2020) and Gıresun University Clinical Research Ethics Committee (09.11.2020/11). Permission has been obtained for the use of the scales. Participants were informed within the scope of the Declaration of Helsinki criteria. The names of the participants were not asked to help them freely communicate their ideas.

Data availability statement

The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author on request.

No funding was received for conducting this study.

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