Pregnant women's concerns and antenatal care during COVID-19 lock-down of the Danish society
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Pregnant women's concerns and antenatal care during COVID-19 lock-down of the Danish society. / Overbeck, Gritt; Graungaard, Anette Hauskov; Rasmussen, Ida Scheel; Andersen, Julie Hogsgaard; Ertmann, Ruth Kirk; Kragstrup, Jakob; Wilson, Philip.
I: Danish Medical Journal, Bind 67, Nr. 12, 06200449, 2020.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Pregnant women's concerns and antenatal care during COVID-19 lock-down of the Danish society
AU - Overbeck, Gritt
AU - Graungaard, Anette Hauskov
AU - Rasmussen, Ida Scheel
AU - Andersen, Julie Hogsgaard
AU - Ertmann, Ruth Kirk
AU - Kragstrup, Jakob
AU - Wilson, Philip
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - INTRODUCTION: Pandemics are known to cause stress and anxiety in pregnant women. During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) lockdown of the Danish society, pregnant women were considered to be at increased risk, and access to antenatal care changed.METHODS: On 8 April 2020A, a questionnaire was sent to 332 pregnant women previously sampled by general practitioners in two Danish regions. The women were contacted via secured e-mail (e-Boks), and questionnaires were returned until 6 May.RESULTS: The questionnaire was returned by 257 women (77%). More than half believed that they were at a high risk of infection with COVID-19, and a third of the women were concerned about the risk of serious disease - especially for their unborn child. Almost 90% isolated at home most of the time. The majority were worried about possible consequences of the pandemic for antenatal care, but very few had actually missed a scheduled preventive consultation with their general practitioner, and only 15% had missed an appointment with their midwife. The majority of the women preferred normal consultations and found no added safety in shifting the consultation from the normal clinical setting.CONCLUSIONS: The COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown have had a major impact on Danish pregnant women. Even so, concerns were more focused on access to care than on the risk of COVID-19 infection. Contacts with the antenatal healthcare system have only been moderately affected.
AB - INTRODUCTION: Pandemics are known to cause stress and anxiety in pregnant women. During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) lockdown of the Danish society, pregnant women were considered to be at increased risk, and access to antenatal care changed.METHODS: On 8 April 2020A, a questionnaire was sent to 332 pregnant women previously sampled by general practitioners in two Danish regions. The women were contacted via secured e-mail (e-Boks), and questionnaires were returned until 6 May.RESULTS: The questionnaire was returned by 257 women (77%). More than half believed that they were at a high risk of infection with COVID-19, and a third of the women were concerned about the risk of serious disease - especially for their unborn child. Almost 90% isolated at home most of the time. The majority were worried about possible consequences of the pandemic for antenatal care, but very few had actually missed a scheduled preventive consultation with their general practitioner, and only 15% had missed an appointment with their midwife. The majority of the women preferred normal consultations and found no added safety in shifting the consultation from the normal clinical setting.CONCLUSIONS: The COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown have had a major impact on Danish pregnant women. Even so, concerns were more focused on access to care than on the risk of COVID-19 infection. Contacts with the antenatal healthcare system have only been moderately affected.
KW - ANXIETY
M3 - Journal article
VL - 67
JO - Danish Medical Journal
JF - Danish Medical Journal
SN - 2245-1919
IS - 12
M1 - 06200449
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ID: 291990874