Open AccessAnxiety among Pregnant Women Attending Obstetrics Unit of a Tertiary Care Centre during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study
Author(s) -
Surya Prasad Rimal,
Kriti Thapa,
Ramesh Shrestha
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
journal of nepal medical association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.176
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1815-672X
pISSN - 0028-2715
DOI - 10.31729/jnma.7259
Subject(s) - medicine , anxiety , pandemic , pregnancy , confidence interval , cross sectional study , tertiary care , obstetrics , descriptive statistics , family medicine , obstetrics and gynaecology , psychiatry , covid-19 , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , statistics , mathematics , pathology , biology , genetics
The disastrous effect of COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of vulnerable populations like pregnant women should not be neglected. The objective of the study was to find out the prevalence of anxiety among pregnant women attending the obstetrics unit of a tertiary care centre during the COVID-19 pandemic.