Asai Keigo, Wakashima Koubun, Toda Sayaka, Koiwa Kohei
Graduate School of Education, Hokkaido University of Education, Hokkaido, Japan.
Graduate School of Education, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.
J Affect Disord Rep. 2021 Apr;4:100104. doi: 10.1016/j.jadr.2021.100104. Epub 2021 Feb 1.
Pregnant women and fertility patients are particularly vulnerable to major disease outbreaks. Regarding COVID-19 in particular, much is unclear about the impact on mothers and fetuses. The purpose of this study was to determine the fear of COVID-19 among Japanese pregnant and infertility patients amid the coronavirus disaster.
An online survey of 292 pregnant Japanese women and 13 Japanese women undergoing fertility treatment was conducted during the COVID-19 epidemic from May 19 to June 6, 2020. All participants responded to the Japanese version of the Fear of COVID-19 Scale and risk factors.
Japanese pregnant women had higher fear of COVID-19 scores than Japanese fertility patients. In addition, fear of COVID-19 among pregnant women in Japan was positively associated with stockpiling and health monitoring, and an emphasis on websites and social networking sites among pregnant women was associated with lower fear of COVID-19.
This study was a cross-sectional survey, which means that it is not possible to determine the causal relationship between fear of COVID-19 and related factors. Additionally, we were not able to research the web and social networking content that pregnant women consider most important.
Pregnant women in Japan have high levels of anxiety, and websites and social networking sites may be effective in alleviating their anxiety. When communicating information, there will be a need to provide not only accurate information about preventing infectious diseases, but also information that will ease the anxiety of pregnant women.
孕妇和生育患者特别容易受到重大疾病爆发的影响。特别是关于新冠病毒病，对母亲和胎儿的影响仍有很多不清楚的地方。本研究的目的是确定在新冠疫情期间，日本孕妇和不孕患者对新冠病毒病的恐惧程度。
在2020年5月19日至6月6日新冠疫情期间，对292名日本孕妇和13名接受生育治疗的日本女性进行了在线调查。所有参与者都回答了日文版的新冠病毒恐惧量表及风险因素。
日本孕妇的新冠病毒恐惧得分高于日本生育患者。此外，日本孕妇对新冠病毒病的恐惧与囤货和健康监测呈正相关，而孕妇对网站和社交网站的重视与较低的新冠病毒恐惧相关。
本研究为横断面调查，这意味着无法确定对新冠病毒病的恐惧与相关因素之间的因果关系。此外，我们无法研究孕妇认为最重要的网络和社交内容。
日本孕妇焦虑程度较高，网站和社交网站可能有助于缓解她们的焦虑。在传达信息时，不仅需要提供预防传染病的准确信息，还需要提供能缓解孕妇焦虑的信息。
