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. 2020 Dec;23(6):787-790.
doi: 10.1007/s00737-020-01060-w. Epub 2020 Aug 25.

COVID-19-related anxiety and concerns expressed by pregnant and postpartum women-a survey among obstetricians

Madhuri H Nanjundaswamy  1 , Lakshmi Shiva  1 , Geetha Desai  1 , Sundarnag Ganjekar  1 , Thomas Kishore  2 , Uma Ram  3 , Veena Satyanarayana  2 , Harish Thippeswamy  1 , Prabha S Chandra  4
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COVID-19-related anxiety and concerns expressed by pregnant and postpartum women-a survey among obstetricians

Madhuri H Nanjundaswamy et al. Arch Womens Ment Health. 2020 Dec.

Abstract

This paper from India describes anxieties that pregnant and postpartum women reported to obstetricians during the COVID-19 pandemic. Of the 118 obstetricians who responded to an online survey, most had been contacted for concerns about hospital visits (72.65%), methods of protection (60.17%), the safety of the infant (52.14%), anxieties related to social media messages (40.68%) and contracting the infection (39.83%). Obstetricians felt the need for resources such as videos, websites and counselling skills to handle COVID-related anxiety among perinatal women.

Keywords: Anxiety; COVID19; India; Perinatal; Postpartum; Pregnancy; Women.

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The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

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