Article ; Online: COVID-19 positivity associated with traumatic stress response to childbirth and no visitors and infant separation in the hospital.
2021 Volume 11, Issue 1, Page(s) 13535
Abstract: ... as likely to endorse acute stress and to have no visitors during maternity hospitalization than COVID ... traumatic stress symptoms at a clinical level in response to childbirth. This group was more than twice ... intensive care units. Our findings suggest COVID-19 affected populations are at increased risk for traumatic childbirth ...
| Abstract | As the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has spread globally, a significant portion of pregnant and delivering women were infected with COVID-19. While emerging studies examined birth outcomes in COVID-19 positive women, knowledge of the psychological experience of childbirth and maternal wellness remains lacking. This matched-control survey-based study included a sample of women recruited during the first wave of the pandemic in the US who gave birth in the previous six months. Women reporting confirmed/suspected COVID-19 (n = 68) during pregnancy or childbirth were matched on background factors with women reporting COVID-19 negativity (n = 2,276). We found nearly 50% of COVID positive women endorsed acute traumatic stress symptoms at a clinical level in response to childbirth. This group was more than twice as likely to endorse acute stress and to have no visitors during maternity hospitalization than COVID negative women; they were also less likely to room-in with newborns. The COVID positive group reported higher levels of pain in delivery, lower newborn weights, and more infant admission to neonatal intensive care units. Our findings suggest COVID-19 affected populations are at increased risk for traumatic childbirth and associated risk for psychiatric morbidity. Attention to delivering women's wellbeing is warranted during the pandemic. |
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| MeSH term(s) | Adult ; Anxiety/diagnosis ; Birth Weight ; COVID-19/diagnosis ; COVID-19/psychology ; COVID-19/virology ; Female ; Hospitals ; Humans ; Infant, Newborn ; Intensive Care Units, Neonatal ; Pain/pathology ; Parturition/psychology ; Patient Admission/statistics & numerical data ; Pregnancy ; Pregnant Women/psychology ; SARS-CoV-2/isolation & purification ; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic/diagnosis ; Stress, Psychological ; Surveys and Questionnaires |
| Language | English |
| Publishing date | 2021-06-29 |
| Publishing country | England |
| Document type | Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
| ZDB-ID | 2615211-3 |
| ISSN | 2045-2322 ; 2045-2322 |
| ISSN (online) | 2045-2322 |
| ISSN | 2045-2322 |
| DOI | 10.1038/s41598-021-92985-4 |
| Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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