Pregnant under the pressure of a pandemic: a large-scale longitudinal survey before and during the COVID-19 outbreak
Author(s) -
Elin Naurin,
Elias Markstedt,
Dietlind Stolle,
Daniel Enström,
Anton Wallin,
Ingrid Andreasson,
Birgitta Attebo,
Ottilia Eriksson,
K. Martinsson,
Helen Elden,
Karolina Lindén,
Verena Sengpiel
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
european journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.056
H-Index - 91
eISSN - 1464-360X
pISSN - 1101-1262
DOI - 10.1093/eurpub/ckaa223
Subject(s) - pandemic , feeling , medicine , outbreak , pregnancy , longitudinal study , isolation (microbiology) , anxiety , health care , covid-19 , family medicine , social isolation , focus group , public health , demography , environmental health , psychology , psychiatry , nursing , disease , social psychology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , virology , business , pathology , marketing , sociology , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , economics , genetics , economic growth
One of the groups that is most vulnerable to the COVID-19 pandemic is pregnant women. They cannot choose to refrain from care; they and their children are at risk of severe complications related to the virus; and they lose comfort and support as clinics prohibit their partners and as societal restrictions demand isolation from friends and relatives. It is urgent to study how this group is faring during the pandemic and we focus here on their health-related worries.
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