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The COVID-19 pandemic impact on prenatal depression : A Cross-sectional comparative study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 2022

O. Maatouk ,
E. Khelifa ,
K. Nourchene ,
B. Abassi ,
I. Bouguerra ,
F. Amdouni ,
A. Ben Amor  and
L. Mnif
O. Maatouk*
Affiliation:
Razi Hospital, F Adult Psychiatry Department, Manouba, Tunisia
E. Khelifa
Affiliation:
Razi Hospital, F Adult Psychiatry Department, Manouba, Tunisia
K. Nourchene
Affiliation:
Razi Hospital, F Adult Psychiatry Department, Manouba, Tunisia
B. Abassi
Affiliation:
Razi Hospital, F Adult Psychiatry Department, Manouba, Tunisia Razi Hospital, Psychiatry Ibn Omran, Manouba, Tunisia
I. Bouguerra
Affiliation:
Razi Hospital, F Adult Psychiatry Department, Manouba, Tunisia Errazi hospital-Mannouba , F, Ben Arous, Tunisia
F. Amdouni
Affiliation:
Razi Hospital, F Adult Psychiatry Department, Manouba, Tunisia
A. Ben Amor
Affiliation:
Razi Hospital, F Adult Psychiatry Department, Manouba, Tunisia
L. Mnif
Affiliation:
Razi Hospital, F Adult Psychiatry Department, Manouba, Tunisia
*
*Corresponding author.

Abstract

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Introduction

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is the current world issue, with huge impact on mental health. More specifically,we expect that it will have a naocif effect on the pregnant women’s mental health and their well being, since they are more likely to be hospitalized and require more intensive care units admission than non-pregnant women.

Objectives

The aim of this work was to evaluate the evolution of depression symptoms in the time of pandemic and their associated factors.

Methods

In the current work, we conducted a comparative in field cross-sectional study. We compared depressive scores and prevalences before and after the COVID-19 outbreak in Tunisia in pregnant women.The sampling period was outside the lockdown period to avoid quarantine bias. The sampling period was from September to October 2020.

Results

showed a significantly higher prevalence of depressive symptoms in expecting mothers during the pandemic. Multivariate analysis showed that the pandemic multiplied by 3 the risk of severe depression symptoms. The impact of the COVID-19 period on depression was independent of sociodemographic and obstetric changes related to the pandemic.

Conclusions

These results highlighted the emergency of preparing strategies to avoid post-partum psychiatric disorders and to enable a healthy development of born. Screening the post-partum depression and assessing the mother-children early interactions should be considered in the up-coming births.

Disclosure

No significant relationships.

Keywords

DepressionImpactpregnantCoronavirus-2019
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European Psychiatry , Volume 65 , Special Issue S1: Abstracts of the 30th European Congress of Psychiatry , June 2022 , pp. S507
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