Leili Salehi|Mitra Rahimzadeh|Elham Molaei|Hamideh Zaheri|Sara Esmaelzadeh Saeieh
The relationship among fear and anxiety of COVID?19, pregnancy experience, and mental health disorder in pregnant women: A structural equation model
Jahrom University of Medical Sciences|Jahrom University of Medical Sciences|Jahrom University of Medical Sciences
abstract introduction coronavirus pandemic causes stress anxiety pregnant women worldwide present study conducted path analysis relationship among fear anxiety caused coronavirus pregnancy experience mental health pregnant women methods crosssectional study conducted 222 pregnant women referred kamali hospital alborz province 2020 eligible individuals entered study convenience sampling data collected using five questionnaires including fear covid19 scale anxiety covid19 scale pregnancy experiences scales depression anxiety stress scale demographic checklist obtained data analyzed using spss16 amos software results according results path analysis anxiety covid19 concerns pregnancy variables positively significantly correlated mental health one path direct anxiety covid19 also highest positive direct correlation among b 032 next variable happiness pregnancy experiencing significantly negative direct correlation mental health disorder b 029 moreover fear covid19 mediating concerns pregnancy experiences shown significant positive relationship mental health indirect path b 005 conclusion based result study necessary pay attention mental health pregnant women pandemic addition recommended provide virtual training group reduce anxiety caused coronavirus pregnancy concerns well emphasizing feeling enjoying happiness caused pregnancy experience pandemic