{"id":11887,"date":"2021-04-28T15:36:22","date_gmt":"2021-04-28T15:36:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mmj.mw\/?p=11887"},"modified":"2021-07-19T09:25:24","modified_gmt":"2021-07-19T09:25:24","slug":"original-research-prevalence-and-predictors-of-depression-anxiety-and-stress-symptoms-among-pregnant-women-during-covid-19-related-lockdown-in-abakaliki-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mmj.mw\/?p=11887","title":{"rendered":"Original Research: Prevalence and predictors of depression, anxiety, and stress symptoms among pregnant women during COVID-19-related lockdown in Abakaliki, Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Johnbosco Ifunanya Nwafor<\/strong> Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki, Nigeria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ijeoma Nkem Okedo-Alex<\/strong> Department of Community Medicine, Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki, Nigeria<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Arinze Chidiebele Ikeotuonye<\/strong> Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki, Nigeria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keywords: <\/strong>Pregnant women, depression, anxiety, stress, COVID-19 pandemic<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Abstract<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Background<\/strong>
Several studies have been published on the topic of COVID-19 and pregnancy over recent months. However, few studies have evaluated the impact of this pandemic on maternal mental health, particularly in low-resource settings.
Aim
To determine the prevalence and predictors of COVID-19-related depression, anxiety, and stress symptoms among pregnant women.
Methods
This was a cross-sectional study that involved 456 pregnant women attending prenatal care at Abakaliki, Nigeria, during the COVID-19 lockdown. These patients were screened for psychological morbidities using the Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale-21 (DASS-21).
Results
Severe and extremely severe depression were reported in 7.2% (n=33) and 6.4% (n=29) of participants, respectively. The analysis also revealed that 3.3% (n=15) and 7.7% (n=35) of women had severe and extremely severe anxiety, respectively. In total, 23% (n=105) of the participating women had severe stress while 16.7% (n=76) reported extremely severe stress. Multiparity (2\u20134) and occupation, such as trading and farming, were predictors of depression whereas grand-multiparity, urban residence, and trading, were identified as predictors of anxiety and stress.
Conclusion<\/strong>
Symptoms of depression, anxiety, and stress were relatively common among pregnant women during the COVID-19 lockdown in Abakaliki, Nigeria. There is a clear need to integrate screening for depression, anxiety and stress, in existing antenatal care programs so as to identify and prevent long-term adverse psychological outcomes related to the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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eISSN: 1995-7262
print ISSN: 1995-7262<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Johnbosco Ifunanya Nwafor Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki, Nigeria. Ijeoma Nkem Okedo-Alex Department of Community Medicine, Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki, Nigeria Arinze Chidiebele Ikeotuonye Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki, Nigeria. Keywords: Pregnant women, depression, anxiety, stress, COVID-19 pandemic Abstract […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[107,105],"tags":[96,66],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mmj.mw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11887"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mmj.mw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mmj.mw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmj.mw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmj.mw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11887"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmj.mw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11887\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11926,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmj.mw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11887\/revisions\/11926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mmj.mw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmj.mw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmj.mw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}