Risk for depressive symptoms among hospitalized women in high-risk pregnancy units during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Objective: Higher rates of mental disorders, specifically depression, were found among affected people in previous epidemiological studies taken after disasters. The aim of the current study was to assess risk for depression among pregnant women hospitalized during the “coronavirus disease 2019” (COVID-19) pandemic, as compared to women hospitalized before the COVID-19 pandemic. Study design: A cross-sectional study was performed among women hospitalized in the high-risk pregnancy units of the Soroka University Medical Center (SUMC). All participating women completed the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS), and the results were compared between women hospitalized during the COVID-19 strict isolation period (19 March 2020 and 26 May 2020) and women hospitalized before the COVID-19 pandemic. Multivariable logistic regression models were constructed to control for potential confounders. Results: Women hospitalized during the COVID-19 strict isolation period (n = 84) had a comparable risk of having a high (>10) EPDS score as compared to women hospitalized before the COVID-19 pandemic (n = 279; 25.0% vs. 29.0%, p = 0.498). These results remained similar in the multivariable logistic regression model, while controlling for maternal age, ethnicity and known mood disorder (adjusted odds ratio (OR) 1.0, 95% CI 0.52–1.93, p = 0.985). Conclusion: Women hospitalized at the high-risk pregnancy unit during the COVID-19 strict isolation period were not at increased risk for depression, as compared to women hospitalized before the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Most included studies included both male and female participants, except the studies by Wu et al. (2020a) and Sade et al. (2020), which were conducted in pregnant women.
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- Authors
- Sade, S., Sheiner, E., Wainstock, T., Hermon, N., Yaniv Salem, S., Kosef, T., Lanxner Battat, T., Oron, S., & Pariente, G.
- Affiliations
- Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (IL)
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Soroka University Medical Center, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 8457108, Israel
- Corresponding author
- Sade, Shanny
- Venue
- Journal of Clinical Medicine
- Publisher
- MDPI AG
- Published
- 2020-07-31
- Volume
- 9
- Issue
- 8
- Pages
- 2449
- ISSN
- 2077-0383 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC7464613
- OpenAlex
- W3045663152
- Cited by
- 59
- References
- 25
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 9 · 2022: 18 · 2021: 16 · 2020: 8
- FWCI
- 9.56
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
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- Journal of Clinical Medicine (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Obstetrics and Gynecology › COVID-19 Impact on Reproduction
- Keywords
- postpartum depression, depressive symptoms, COVID-19 pandemic, high-risk pregnancy, hospitalized pregnant women, Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale, maternal mental health, risk factors for depression
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