Pregnant women voice their concerns and delivery method preferences during the COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey

dc.authorid Kucuk, Ebru/0000-0003-1182-7807
dc.authorid Yesilcicek Calik, Kiymet/0000-0001-7146-3385
dc.authorscopusid 35298730200
dc.authorscopusid 57225075277
dc.authorscopusid 37661053600
dc.authorwosid Küçük, Ebru/ABM-5824-2022
dc.contributor.author Calik, Kiymet Yesilcicek
dc.contributor.author Kucuk, Ebru
dc.contributor.author Beydag, Kerime Derya
dc.date.accessioned 2024-05-25T11:39:19Z
dc.date.available 2024-05-25T11:39:19Z
dc.date.issued 2022
dc.department Okan University en_US
dc.department-temp [Calik, Kiymet Yesilcicek; Kucuk, Ebru] Karadeniz Tech Univ, Obstet & Gynaecol Nursing Dept, Fac Hlth Sci, Trabzon, Turkey; [Beydag, Kerime Derya] Istanbul Okan Univ, Fac Hlth Sci, Dept Nursing, Istanbul, Turkey en_US
dc.description Kucuk, Ebru/0000-0003-1182-7807; Yesilcicek Calik, Kiymet/0000-0001-7146-3385 en_US
dc.description.abstract Objective: To evaluate pregnant women's voice their concerns and delivery method preferences during the COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey. Methods: A cross-sectional study is survey based using an online survey platform. Three hundred pregnant women were included between 16 May and 12 June 2020 in Turkey. Sociodemographic features, obstetric features, concerns about COVID-19, delivery method preferences, and Brief Measure of Worry Severity were evaluated. Results: It was determined that the concerns of pregnant women about the pandemic were moderate (12.73 +/- 6.838) and did not alter their delivery method preferences. However, the concerns of the pregnant women who planned to perform their delivery by caesarean section before COVID-19 and whose delivery method preferences changed during the pandemic process were higher (p < 0.05). Additionally, during the COVID-19 period, pregnant women often harbour concerns such as 'not knowing how it would affect my baby if I have to take medications for COVID-19 (90.3%)' 'getting infected by COVID-19 during my pregnancy (89.7%)' 'not having a healthy pregnancy until birth (89%)'. Conclusions: Delivery method preferences of pregnant women did not change in the COVID-19 pandemic. On the other hand, COVID-19 pandemic is impacting on the pregnant women experiencing moderate concerns about their pregnancy, delivery, postpartum period, and their baby. en_US
dc.identifier.citationcount 6
dc.identifier.doi 10.1080/02646838.2021.1931071
dc.identifier.endpage 601 en_US
dc.identifier.issn 0264-6838
dc.identifier.issn 1469-672X
dc.identifier.issue 6 en_US
dc.identifier.pmid 34191642
dc.identifier.scopus 2-s2.0-85109106960
dc.identifier.scopusquality Q1
dc.identifier.startpage 590 en_US
dc.identifier.uri https://doi.org/10.1080/02646838.2021.1931071
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14517/1344
dc.identifier.volume 40 en_US
dc.identifier.wos WOS:000668436000001
dc.identifier.wosquality Q2
dc.language.iso en
dc.publisher Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd en_US
dc.relation.publicationcategory Makale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı en_US
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess en_US
dc.scopus.citedbyCount 6
dc.subject Infant en_US
dc.subject labour en_US
dc.subject pregnancy en_US
dc.subject psychosocial factors en_US
dc.subject COVID-19 pandemic en_US
dc.title Pregnant women voice their concerns and delivery method preferences during the COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey en_US
dc.type Article en_US
dc.wos.citedbyCount 6

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