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Psychiatric symptoms and couple satisfaction in parents of newborns before and during the COVID‐19 pandemic—A comparison of two prospective studies.
- Source :
- Nursing Open; Apr2023, Vol. 10 Issue 4, p2667-2677, 11p
- Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- Aims: To assess anxiety, depression, perceived stress, couple satisfaction and life satisfaction of parents of healthy newborns in two cohorts in 2015 and in 2020 during the COVID‐19 pandemic. Design: A prospective follow‐up study. Methods: We enrolled 60 parents of healthy newborns (n = 30 dyads) in 2015 and 60 parents (n = 30 dyads) in 2020. Both parents completed six valid and reliable questionnaires independently 1–2 days and 12 months after delivery: Beck Anxiety Inventory, Beck Depression Inventory‐II, Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale, Perceived Stress Scale, Couple Satisfaction Index and Life Satisfaction Scale‐4. Results: Anxiety was more common but couple satisfaction better in both parents during the COVID‐19 pandemic than in 2015. Depressive symptoms and perceived stress were similarly low, and life satisfaction was similarly high in both cohorts, indicating ample parental resilience. There was a moderate positive association between previous mental health disorders and parental anxiety after delivery during the COVID‐19 pandemic. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- STATISTICS
SOCIAL support
MARITAL satisfaction
SELF-evaluation
MANN Whitney U Test
FISHER exact test
SATISFACTION
COMPARATIVE studies
PSYCHOLOGICAL tests
CHI-squared test
QUESTIONNAIRES
RESEARCH funding
PARENT-child relationships
DATA analysis software
DATA analysis
ANXIETY
MENTAL illness
COVID-19 pandemic
LONGITUDINAL method
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20541058
- Volume :
- 10
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Nursing Open
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 162402666
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1002/nop2.1475