Open AccessANXIETY AND POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER SYMPTOMS IN PREGNANT WOMEN DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC’S DELAY PHASE
Author(s) -
Meryem Hocaoğlu,
Reyhan Ayaz,
Taner Günay,
Elis Akin,
Abdülkadir Turgut,
Ateş Karateke
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
psychiatria danubina
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.394
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1849-0867
pISSN - 0353-5053
DOI - 10.24869/psyd.2020.521
Subject(s) - anxiety , covid-19 , pandemic , psychology , acute stress disorder , medicine , traumatic stress , clinical psychology , psychiatry , virology , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , outbreak
The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic emerged in Wuhan, China and has spread all over the world and affected global mental health. Pregnant women may be particularly vulnerable and experience high levels of distress during an infectious disease outbreak. The aim of this study was to determine anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms in pregnant women during the COVID-19 pandemic.