Anxiety Levels Among Physician Mothers During the COVID-19 Pandemic

The letter presents a study on the impact of COVID-19 on mental health of physician mothers To quantify the mental health impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on a predominantly U S cohort of physician mothers, authors surveyed the Physician Moms Group on Facebook from April 18 to April 29, 2020, after receiving approval from the institutional review board at Stanford University The rates of anxiety among physician mothers in this study appear substantial;for context, in the general U S population in normal circumstances, about 19% of adults had any anxiety disorder in the past year (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved)