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. 2020;2(12):2528-2534.
doi: 10.1007/s42399-020-00582-9. Epub 2020 Oct 16.

Spiritual Health and Stress in Pregnant Women During the Covid-19 Pandemic

Reza Jafari Nodoushan  1 , Hadi Alimoradi  1 , Mahsa Nazari  1
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Spiritual Health and Stress in Pregnant Women During the Covid-19 Pandemic

Reza Jafari Nodoushan et al. SN Compr Clin Med. 2020.

Abstract

Stress is one of the effective factors in the occurrence of negative effects during pregnancy that can cause adverse outcomes such as preterm delivery and reduced intrauterine growth of the fetus in pregnant women. Therefore, one of the serious concerns during the COVID-19 pandemic is the physical health and mental health of pregnant women. This study aimed to evaluate the physical health status with the spiritual and mental health of pregnant women during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study is a descriptive study in 2019-2020 and the samples were randomly selected from all pregnant women who referred to hospitals and private maternity centers before and during the COVID-19 pandemic and performed all pregnancy and fetal health tests. It was performed on 560 pregnant female samples. The mental status of pregnant women was assessed using the DASS Spiritual Health and Stress Questionnaire. Data analysis was performed using SPSS statistical software (version 24). The results of this study showed that preterm birth, height, weight, and head circumference of babies and lungs and respiratory status of children with mental health and stress levels of pregnant women during the corona are significant compared with the previous of corona (p < 0.05). Increasing stress and decreasing the mental health of pregnant women during COVID-19 pandemic can increase the influencing factors in preterm delivery and unhealthy birth.

Keywords: COVID-19; Pandemic; Pregnant women; Premature delivery; Spiritual health; Stress.

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Competing InterestsThe authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

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