The Effect of Marital Adjustment and Fear of COVID-19 on Pregnancy Distress: A Cross-sectional Study in a Pregnancy Sample in Turkey

Gökçen Erdoğan; Bahadır Geniş; Nermin Gürhan; Medine Koç; Burak Şirin

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PBS. 2021; 11(3): 175-180

doi: 10.5455/PBS.20210322064056

The Effect of Marital Adjustment and Fear of COVID-19 on Pregnancy Distress: A Cross-sectional Study in a Pregnancy Sample in Turkey

Gökçen Erdoğan, Bahadır Geniş, Nermin Gürhan, Medine Koç, Burak Şirin.

Abstract
Aim: We aimed to investigate the effects of COVID-19 related fears and marital adjustment on distress in pregnant women.
Materials and Methods: This study is a cross-sectional descriptive study. The sample of the study consisted of 161 pregnant women who were followed up in a private hospital in Ankara between May and September 2020. Sociodemographic data form, Fear of COVID-19 Scale, Tilburg Pregnancy Distress Scale (TPDS), and Marital Adjustment Scale (MAS) were used in the study.
Results: The mean age of the pregnant women in the sample was 29.64±4.47 years. While the rate of chronic disease was 8.7% (n=14), the rate of psychiatric disease was 2.5% (n=4). 7.5% (n=12) of the sample described their current pregnancy as unwanted pregnancy. The negative affect sub-dimension scores of TPDS were predicted by the Fear of COVID-19 Scale score (β=0.473, p<0.001) and the desired state of pregnancy (β=0.147, p=0.036). The total score of the Marital Adjustment Scale (β=0.480, p<0.001), the desirability of pregnancy (β = -0.253, p<0.001), and the total scores of the Fear of COVID-19 Scale (β=0.239, p<0.001) predicted the sub-dimension score of partner involvement.
Conclusion: One of the important sources of distress in pregnant women is fear of COVID-19. Fear of COVID-19 creates negative psychological symptoms in pregnant women as well as increasing partner involvement. This result is remarkable. Further studies are needed to investigate the positive or negative effects of COVID-19 on partner involvement.

Key words: COVID-19, distress, marital adjustment, pregnancy, stress

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Erdoğan G, Geniş B, Gurhan N, Koc M, Şirin B. The Effect of Marital Adjustment and Fear of COVID-19 on Pregnancy Distress: A Cross-sectional Study in a Pregnancy Sample in Turkey. PBS. 2021; 11(3): 175-180. doi:10.5455/PBS.20210322064056

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Erdoğan G, Geniş B, Gurhan N, Koc M, Şirin B. The Effect of Marital Adjustment and Fear of COVID-19 on Pregnancy Distress: A Cross-sectional Study in a Pregnancy Sample in Turkey. https://www.pbsciences.org/?mno=66572 [Access: April 08, 2024]. doi:10.5455/PBS.20210322064056

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Erdoğan G, Geniş B, Gurhan N, Koc M, Şirin B. The Effect of Marital Adjustment and Fear of COVID-19 on Pregnancy Distress: A Cross-sectional Study in a Pregnancy Sample in Turkey. PBS. 2021; 11(3): 175-180. doi:10.5455/PBS.20210322064056

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Erdoğan G, Geniş B, Gurhan N, Koc M, Şirin B. The Effect of Marital Adjustment and Fear of COVID-19 on Pregnancy Distress: A Cross-sectional Study in a Pregnancy Sample in Turkey. PBS. (2021), [cited April 08, 2024]; 11(3): 175-180. doi:10.5455/PBS.20210322064056

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Erdoğan, G., Geniş, . B., Gurhan, . N., Koc, . M. & Şirin, . B. (2021) The Effect of Marital Adjustment and Fear of COVID-19 on Pregnancy Distress: A Cross-sectional Study in a Pregnancy Sample in Turkey. PBS, 11 (3), 175-180. doi:10.5455/PBS.20210322064056

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Erdoğan, Gokcen, Bahadır Geniş, Nermin Gurhan, Medine Koc, and Burak Şirin. 2021. The Effect of Marital Adjustment and Fear of COVID-19 on Pregnancy Distress: A Cross-sectional Study in a Pregnancy Sample in Turkey. Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, 11 (3), 175-180. doi:10.5455/PBS.20210322064056

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Erdoğan, Gokcen, Bahadır Geniş, Nermin Gurhan, Medine Koc, and Burak Şirin. "The Effect of Marital Adjustment and Fear of COVID-19 on Pregnancy Distress: A Cross-sectional Study in a Pregnancy Sample in Turkey." Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences 11 (2021), 175-180. doi:10.5455/PBS.20210322064056

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Erdoğan, G., Geniş, . B., Gurhan, . N., Koc, . M. & Şirin, . B. (2021) The Effect of Marital Adjustment and Fear of COVID-19 on Pregnancy Distress: A Cross-sectional Study in a Pregnancy Sample in Turkey. Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, 11 (3), 175-180. doi:10.5455/PBS.20210322064056

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