Janik Kinga, Cwalina Urszula, Iwanowicz-Palus Grażyna, Cybulski Mateusz
Department of Integrated Medical Care, Faculty of Health Sciences, Medical University of Białystok, M. Skłodowskiej-Curie 7A Str., 15-096 Białystok, Poland.
Department of Statistics and Medical Informatics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Medical University of Białystok, Szpitalna 37 Str., 15-295 Białystok, Poland.
J Clin Med. 2021 Dec 14;10(24):5869. doi: 10.3390/jcm10245869.
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused general anxiety worldwide. Pregnant women are at a much higher risk of developing the infection due to multiple changes that occur in the body during this period. The consequences of the disease can be dramatic not only for the expectant mothers, but also for their unborn children. SARS-CoV-2 infection is generally known to cause serious concerns about future health and life. The data on the severity of COVID-19 pandemic-related anxiety in pregnant women are insufficient. The aim of the study was to assess the level of COVID-19-related anxiety among pregnant women in Poland.
The study included 173 pregnant women who volunteered for the research. The research was conducted by means of an online diagnostic survey containing an original questionnaire and the following standardized tools: State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), Short Health Anxiety Inventory (SHAI), and General Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7).
Women hospitalised during pregnancy differed statistically significantly in terms of STAI-X1 scores. Primiparas obtained statistically significantly higher SHAI scores than multiparas. Women with higher education had higher SHAI scores. In the GAD-7 scale, 13.3% of respondents obtained a score suggesting a suspected generalised anxiety disorder.
Pregnant women are concerned about both developing COVID-19 and the consequences of infection for themselves and their unborn children. The study demonstrated anxiety of varying severity (depending on the tool used). Hospital stay during pregnancy is an additional stressor in expectant women. Further studies are needed to assess the level of COVID-19-related anxiety to assess this phenomenon in Poland in more detail.
新冠疫情已在全球引发普遍焦虑。在此期间，孕妇由于身体发生的多种变化，感染风险要高得多。该疾病的后果不仅对准妈妈们来说可能很严重，对她们未出生的孩子也是如此。众所周知，感染严重急性呼吸综合征冠状病毒2（SARS-CoV-2）会引发对未来健康和生活的严重担忧。关于孕妇中与新冠疫情相关焦虑严重程度的数据并不充分。本研究的目的是评估波兰孕妇中与新冠相关的焦虑水平。
该研究纳入了173名自愿参与研究的孕妇。研究通过一项在线诊断调查进行，该调查包含一份原创问卷以及以下标准化工具：状态-特质焦虑问卷（STAI）、简短健康焦虑问卷（SHAI）和广泛性焦虑障碍量表-7（GAD-7）。
孕期住院的女性在STAI-X1得分方面存在统计学显著差异。初产妇的SHAI得分在统计学上显著高于经产妇。受过高等教育的女性SHAI得分更高。在GAD-7量表中，13.3%的受访者得分表明疑似患有广泛性焦虑障碍。
孕妇既担心感染新冠，也担心感染对自己和未出生孩子的后果。该研究表明了不同严重程度的焦虑（取决于所使用的工具）。孕期住院是孕妇的另一个压力源。需要进一步研究以评估与新冠相关的焦虑水平，从而更详细地评估波兰的这一现象。
