在COVID-19大流行期间产后焦虑的经历:一种混合方法研究和人口统计分析
Simran Mamrath1, Mari Greenfield1,2, Cristina Fernandez Turienzo1
1Department of Women & Children's Health, School of Life Course & Population Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.
PloS one
|March 7, 2024
概括
随着COVID-19大流行,新生母亲的产后焦虑显著增加,年轻女性和性少数群体女性的患病率更高. 这突显了在危机期间母亲心理健康的低报告焦虑和人口差异.
科学领域:
- 围产期心理健康问题
- 流行病对心理的影响.
- 孕产妇的福祉 孕产妇的福祉
背景情况:
- 随着COVID-19大流行,围产和产妇服务发生了重大变化,影响了孕妇和新父母.
- 社会距离和国家封锁在第一波疫情期间为孕产妇的心理健康带来了独特的挑战.
研究的目的:
- 调查在COVID-19大流行期间分娩的个人中产后焦虑的流行情况.
- 探索流行病背景下产后焦虑率的人口差异.
主要方法:
- 在英国首次封锁期间,利用在线调查的探索性并发混合方法设计.
- 使用产后特定焦虑量-研究简单表格-用于全球危机 (PSAS-RSF-C) 收集的定量数据.
- 通过关于出生计划变化和流行病分娩经验的开放式问题收集的定性数据;使用模板分析进行分析.
主要成果:
- 超过一半 (52.5%) 的参与者报告了与产后焦虑相一致的症状,比平时要高得多.
- 年轻的女性和性少数群体妇女在PSAS-RSF-C上获得的得分明显高于老年或异性恋女性.
- 具体的焦虑类别有所不同:年轻女性担心"婴儿安全和福利",而性少数群体女性则专注于"对母亲的社会心理调整".
结论:
- 产后焦虑症经常被低估,其发生的人口变化仍未得到充分研究.
- 这项研究提供了新的证据,证明在全球卫生危机期间,性少数群体妇女的分娩后焦虑率不同.
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