ABSTRACT

Introduction

The fact that little is yet known about the possible implications of COVID-19 for pregnancy, puts pregnant women at greater risk of heightened anxiety and psychological distress. In this study, we sought to explore the psychological distress and COVID-19-related anxiety of pregnant women during the crisis.

Methods

Israeli Jewish and Arab pregnant women (n = 336) aged 20–47 completed a set of questionnaires during the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020.

Results

The levels of all COVID-19-related anxieties were quite high (much or very much), with the highest regarding public places and transportation (87.5%, 70%, respectively), followed by concerns over the possible infection of other family members and the health of the foetus (71.7%, 70%, respectively), going for pregnancy check-ups (68.7%,), being infected themselves, and the delivery (59.2%, 55.4%, respectively). Although COVID-19-related anxieties were shared by pregnant women characterised by diverse sociodemographic variables, with very small nuances, Arab women were more anxious about each of the issues than Jewish women.

Discussion

Our findings highlight the importance of assessing anxiety and distress in pregnant women during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the need to be attentive to the double stress of pregnant women in times of crisis and to the potential vulnerability of subgroups, such as cultural minorities.

中文翻译：

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以色列犹太和阿拉伯孕妇中与COVID-19相关的困扰和焦虑。

摘要

介绍

关于COVID-19对怀孕可能产生的影响知之甚少，这使孕妇面临更大的焦虑和心理困扰风险。在这项研究中，我们试图探讨危机期间孕妇的心理困扰和与COVID-19相关的焦虑。

方法

2020年3月的COVID-19大流行期间，年龄在20-47岁之间的以色列犹太人和阿拉伯孕妇（n = 336）完成了一系列调查问卷。

结果

所有与COVID-19相关的焦虑症的水平都很高（很多），其中公共场所和交通方面的焦虑程度最高（分别为87.5％和70％），其次是对其他家庭成员和其他人可能感染的担忧。胎儿的健康状况（分别为71.7％和70％），进行孕期检查（68.7％），自身感染和分娩（分别为59.2％，55.4％）。尽管COVID-19相关的焦虑症是由具有不同社会人口统计学变量的孕妇所共有，但细微差别很小，但阿拉伯妇女比犹太妇女对每个问题都更焦虑。

讨论区

我们的研究结果强调了评估COVID-19大流行期间孕妇焦虑和困扰的重要性，以及在危机时期要注意孕妇的双重压力以及对亚人群的潜在脆弱性，例如文化少数民族。