Anxiety and Depression Among Pregnant Women During COVID-19 Pandemic

NCT ID: NCT04558749

Last Updated: 2024-06-03

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Total Enrollment: 238 participants
• Study Classification: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2020-10-01
• Study Completion Date: 2022-02-28

Brief Summary

Pregnancy and early parenthood are life changing periods characterized by intense emotions and a high vulnerability to emotional problems. Overall 10 - 20 % of pregnant women and women in early postpartum period suffer from mental health problems.

In the first months of 2020 , pregnant and breastfeeding women have also needed to face the COVID19 pandemic including the exceptional quarantine measures that have disturbed private and professional life . In addition to the fear of infection , these measures might have negatively impacted the emotional wellbeing of women . As depressive symptoms and anxiety in the pre and peripartum period have been associated with adverse maternal , neonatal and infant outcomes , the psychological impact of COVID19 , and its associated quarantine measures , on pregnant women and new mothers is cause for concern

Conditions

Covid19

Study Design

• Observational Model Type: OTHER
• Study Time Perspective: CROSS_SECTIONAL

Study Groups

Study group

The study population comprised women that will attend their routine visit to the antenatal clinic. The study population will be recruited by using simple random sampling method after verbal consent will be obtained. Resident in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology who will be trained to administer the questionnaire will interview women. Face masks will be provided to the study population during the process of data collection.

State-trait anxiety inventory scale

Intervention Type: OTHER

This scale is composed of two parts, part one measures anxiety traits and part two measures anxiety state. Each part comprises 20 statements. This scale is a (4) point scale, with a score ranging a minimum of 20 grades to a maximum of 80 grades.

Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EDPS)

Intervention Type: OTHER

The EPDS is a self-report measure that focuses on the cognitive symptoms of depression. It excludes somatic items that might generate false positives both during pregnancy and after childbirth.7 The EPDS consists of 10 items, each scored 0-3 points, with a potential scale score of 0-30.

Interventions

State-trait anxiety inventory scale

This scale is composed of two parts, part one measures anxiety traits and part two measures anxiety state. Each part comprises 20 statements. This scale is a (4) point scale, with a score ranging a minimum of 20 grades to a maximum of 80 grades.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EDPS)

The EPDS is a self-report measure that focuses on the cognitive symptoms of depression. It excludes somatic items that might generate false positives both during pregnancy and after childbirth.7 The EPDS consists of 10 items, each scored 0-3 points, with a potential scale score of 0-30.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

All pregnant women presented to the Antenatal care clinic, will be included in the study irrespective of the gestational age of the pregnancy

Exclusion Criteria

Women previously diagnosed with any psychiatric disorder.

• Eligible Sex: FEMALE
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Assiut University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Ahmed Mohamed Abbas

Principal investigator

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

Assiut Faculty of Medicine

Asyut, , Egypt

Countries

Egypt

Other Identifiers

ADCOVID

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id