Real maternal experiences during the Covid-19 pandemic:A meta‐synthesis of qualitative research evidence DOI Creative Commons
Xiaoya Zhang, Tingting Peng,

Yanyan Hong

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Research Square (Research Square), Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Oct. 26, 2023

Abstract Aim To systematically evaluate the real psychological experiences of pregnant women during Covid-19 pandemic to provide a basis for development evidence-based management measures this population. Design Systematic review. Methods Qualitative studies on maternal experience were retrieved from Web Science, Pubmed, Embase, Cochrane Library, CINAHL, CNKI, Wanfang Database, VIP database, SinoMed database and Proquest database. The search period is establishment January 7, 2023. quality literature was evaluated using evaluation criteria Evidence-Based Health Care Center Joanna Briggs Institute in Australia, results pooled integrated Nvivo11 software. Results A total 15 included, 65 topics extracted, 13 sub-themes summarized form 4 themes: changes challenges life style; Emotional experience; Seeking understanding social support; Epidemic current advice establish confidence. Conclusion Families, medical institutions, government society should pay more attention feelings pandemic, effective guidance help relieve pressure pregnancy improve outcome pregnancy.

Language: Английский

The experience of pregnancy in the COVID-19 pandemic DOI Creative Commons
M. C. Lopes, Cheryl Tatano Beck, Zelina Hilária de Sousa Rosa

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Revista Brasileira Ginecologia e Obstetrícia, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 47

Published: Jan. 1, 2025

To describe women's experience of pregnancy during the COVID-19 pandemic. A qualitative study conducted in a private maternity hospital, from May, 2020 to November, 2021, with women aged ≥ 18 years, gestational age 36 weeks at birth and 24 hours post-partum. Data collected through semi-structured interviews, recorded, transcribed, analyzed adopting Krippendorff's Content Analysis as theoretical-methodological framework. Four main themes emerged: Fear, Taking care celebrating pregnancy: adjusting new reality, Harms Isolation, Benefits Isolation. The fear contamination its impact on health mother child resulted adoption severe social isolation, including those considered sources support by expecting mother. Overwhelmed, some participants reported loneliness psychic suffering. opportunity focus pregnancy, preparations for arrival child, family made isolation beneficial positive period other women. Pandemic was an event outside ordinary common. faced her worst fears daily basis attended prenatal care, order ensure would be born healthy. celebration baby's life, amid so many deaths, had adjusted virtual environment. It tense, solitary, ambiguous period, which demanded lot mental participants, but others, brought advantages that not have been possible different times.

Language: Английский

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The lived experience of receiving and providing antenatal care during the Covid-19 crisis in Southern Europe: An exploratory qualitative study DOI Creative Commons
Ana Rivadeneyra-Sicilia, Yolanda González-Rábago, Viviane Ramel

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Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 39, P. 100949 - 100949

Published: Jan. 21, 2024

The Covid-19 pandemic led to a reorganization of antenatal care including the cancellation or shift into telemedicine consultations and restrictions presence an accompanying person. aim was explore healthcare professionals' women's lived experience such reorganisation consequences on quality specific challenges they faced, with particular emphasis equity. Exploratory qualitative study using semi-structured interviews focus group discussions women providers in New Aquitaine (France) Basque Country (Spain). We collected data from purposive sampling (n=33) professionals (n=19) who had received provided hospitals ambulatory facilities between March 2020 December 2021. Participants' narratives were thematically analysed identify themes that subsequently contextualised two territories. Antenatal pregnant experienced strong emotions suffered organizational changes compromised equity care. associated sources emotional distress, fear loneliness, especially among more disadvantaged isolated women. Among professionals, lack adequate means protection multiple caring protocols generated burnout, feeling abandonment distress. should serve critically consider unexpected reorganising services need meet patients' needs, consideration for groups. Future scenarios generalisation combination remote ensuring

Language: Английский

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The time of motherhood in a time of crisis: a longitudinal qualitative study DOI
Alessia Caffieri, Giorgia Margherita

Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 1 - 17

Published: Aug. 2, 2023

ABSTRACTAims/Background The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on health women in perinatal period has been widely shown literature. Although longitudinal quantitative studies investigated long-term effects both and children's health, no qualitative study can be found within aimed at an in-depth exploration trajectories, from pregnancy to postpartum, lived by through waves Italy.Design/Methods As a method, approach Longitudinal Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis was used. A total 14 were interviewed for first time during (March-May 2021/second wave spread). Among total, 8 completed second interview, one year later, postpartum 2022/end public emergency) included analysis.Results Three superordinated themes emerged: (1) Maternal functions pandemic; (2) 'Care' needs maternal services; (3) Unspeakable: obstetric violence gender inequality working field. Themes organised considering women's experience, showing continuity discontinuity paths overtime.Conclusion Women their felt like 'living incubators', isolated invested individual social responsibilities 'caring'.The confirms need re-centre care services' praxis as act collective repair against consequences trauma pandemic.KEYWORDS: pregnancypostpartum periodCOVID-19womenlongitudinal studymotherhood AcknowledgmentsThe authors thank who participated study.Disclosure statementNo potential conflict interest reported author(s).

Language: Английский

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A Qualitative Investigation of the Experiences of Women with Perinatal Depression and Anxiety during the COVID-19 Pandemic DOI
Slawa Rokicki, Thomas I. Mackie,

Robyn D’Oria

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Maternal and Child Health Journal, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 28(2), P. 274 - 286

Published: Nov. 9, 2023

Language: Английский

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Students' Experiences on Covid-19: An Automatic Classification Using Machine Learning-Based Sentiment Analysis DOI

Daniel T. Ursulum,

Manny S. Alipio,

Grecilia A. Callitong

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Published: April 18, 2024

Language: Английский

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Seeking mental health support for feelings of perinatal depression and/or anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative descriptive study of decision-making DOI Creative Commons
Katrina Shen, Cassandra Kuyvenhoven,

Andrea Carruthers

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Women s Health, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 20

Published: Jan. 1, 2024

Background: Rates of perinatal depression and anxiety increased during the COVID-19 pandemic. It remains unclear how pandemic influenced risk perception help-seeking behaviours among pregnant postpartum individuals. Objectives: To explore individuals’ decision-making process about when to seek support for feelings and/or Design: A qualitative descriptive design was used. Methods: The current study is a secondary analysis data collected larger mixed-methods project that recruited participants who gave birth from 1 May 2020, December 2021, in Ontario British Columbia, Canada, using maximum variation purposive sampling. Seventy-three semi-structured interviews were conducted over Zoom or telephone. This focuses on 56 individuals discussed their self-identified prenatal anxiety. Conventional (inductive) content employed with iterative stages open coding, focused coding cross-checking themes. Results: Most recognized need help through discussions mental health professional someone within social circle. Nearly all accessed informal these feelings, which sometimes entailed contact contravention local public policies. Many also attempted access formal healthcare, encountering barriers both related unrelated Participants described as having dual effect causing exacerbating while constraining ability timely care. Conclusion: struggled address pandemic, many describing lack readily available resources limited healthcare. highlights improved provision instrumental populations.

Language: Английский

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Expectancy violations and boundary management when giving birth during a pandemic: implications for supporting women DOI
Jennifer J. Bute, Maria Brann, Susanna Foxworthy Scott

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Journal of Communications In Healthcare, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 17(1), P. 92 - 100

Published: Oct. 11, 2023

ABSTRACTBackground Few life events are as profound the birth of a child. Yet for those who gave during COVID-19 pandemic, experience and care their newborn child were altered in significant ways.Method In this study, we examined stories women pandemic using expectations violations theory communication privacy management theory.Results Based on focus group interviews with 65 from 19 states across U.S., found that policies imposed by institutions visitation rules negotiated prominent women's stories. Policies affect territorial access to mothers babies shaped manage health safety, resulted intense emotional responses, affected relationships partners families.Conclusions Our findings offer practical implications both systems providers. Systems must communicate proactively compassionate patient care, physicians should guidance help new parents visitors.KEYWORDS: PregnancychildbirthCOVID-19institutional Disclosure statementNo potential conflict interest was reported author(s).FundingThis project supported Rapid Response Grant Office Vice Chancellor Research at IUPUI.AcknowledgementsAll authors responsible concept manuscript took part data collection analysis. JB drafted initial MB contributed substantially structure revisions. developed proposal obtained funding.Data availability statementNot applicable.Additional informationNotes contributorsJennifer J. ButeJennifer Bute, Ph.D., is professor Department Communication Studies IUPUI. She studies everyday talk about health, reproductive health.Maria BrannMaria Brann, M.P.H., Her translational research focuses surrounding health.Susanna Foxworthy ScottSusanna Scott, an assistant sciences Butler University. how can improve through communication.Nicole L. JohnsonNicole Johnson, qualitative researcher Center Access & Delivery Evaluation Iowa City Veterans Affairs Health Care System. focused ways outcomes.

Language: Английский

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Real maternal experiences during the Covid-19 pandemic:A meta‐synthesis of qualitative research evidence DOI Creative Commons
Xiaoya Zhang, Tingting Peng,

Yanyan Hong

et al.

Research Square (Research Square), Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Oct. 26, 2023

Abstract Aim To systematically evaluate the real psychological experiences of pregnant women during Covid-19 pandemic to provide a basis for development evidence-based management measures this population. Design Systematic review. Methods Qualitative studies on maternal experience were retrieved from Web Science, Pubmed, Embase, Cochrane Library, CINAHL, CNKI, Wanfang Database, VIP database, SinoMed database and Proquest database. The search period is establishment January 7, 2023. quality literature was evaluated using evaluation criteria Evidence-Based Health Care Center Joanna Briggs Institute in Australia, results pooled integrated Nvivo11 software. Results A total 15 included, 65 topics extracted, 13 sub-themes summarized form 4 themes: changes challenges life style; Emotional experience; Seeking understanding social support; Epidemic current advice establish confidence. Conclusion Families, medical institutions, government society should pay more attention feelings pandemic, effective guidance help relieve pressure pregnancy improve outcome pregnancy.

Language: Английский

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