Risk Factors for Anxiety and Depression Among Pregnant Women During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Summary

The article presents a protocol of a cross-sectional study of mental health of pregnant women in relation to the COVID 19 pandemic. The primary aim is to compare differences in anxiety and depression scores of pregnant women between countries affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The secondary aim is to assess demographic, economic, and social aspects affecting maternal anxiety and depression scores among pregnant women worldwide in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic. Finally, investigators will be able to compare differences in perception of the different aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic (social distancing, restrictions related to delivery) between countries and according to the epidemic status (number of infected patients, number of reported deaths). The comparisons will also be done according to COVID-19 status of the participants.

Conditions

• Anxiety
• Depression
• Pregnancy Related

Interventions

OTHER

Pandemic control measures

Population of different countries are exposed to different pandemic control measures, and everyday lives of pregnant women are affected on different levels. Investigators will measure influence their influence on mental health.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Medicine, Tirana

  collaborator OTHER

• Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia

  collaborator OTHER

• Charles University, Czech Republic

  collaborator OTHER

• Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades

  collaborator OTHER

• Charite University, Berlin, Germany

  collaborator OTHER

• Chinese University of Hong Kong

  collaborator OTHER

• Meir Medical Center

  collaborator OTHER

• Università degli Studi di Brescia

  collaborator OTHER

• American University of Beirut Medical Center

  collaborator OTHER

• Karolinska Institutet

  collaborator OTHER

• Pomeranian Medical University Szczecin

  collaborator OTHER

• Nicolaus Copernicus University

  collaborator OTHER

• Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education

  collaborator OTHER

• Polish Academy of Sciences

  collaborator OTHER

• Central Clinical Hospital of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Administration, Warsaw, Poland

  collaborator OTHER

• Fundación Para la Investigación y el Desarrollode la Medicina Materno-Fetal y Neonatal "iMaterna", Madrid

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Taiji Clinic, Taipei

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Wayne State University

  collaborator OTHER

• Chang Gung University

  collaborator OTHER

• University of Tromso

  collaborator OTHER

• Żelazna Medical Centre, LLC

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Anna Kajdy, MD, PhD · Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education

• Michał Rabijewski, MD, PhD, Professor · Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education

• Dorota Sys, PhD · Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education

• Jan Modzelewski, MD · Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education

• Sebastian Kwiatkowski, MD, PhD · Pomeranian Medical University Szczecin

• Roksana Lewandowska, MD · Pomeranian Medical University Szczecin

• Dariusz Borowski, MD, PhD · Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz

• Barbara Baranowska, PhD, RM · Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education

• Artur Pokropek, PhD, Professor · Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Polish Academy of Sciences

• Urszula Ajdacka, MD · Central Clinical Hospital of Ministry of Internal Affairs and Administration

• Stepan Feduniw, MD · Żelazna Medical Centre; Medical Faculty od Lazarski University

• Maria del Mar Gil Mira, MD, PhD · Fundación Para la Investigación y el Desarrollode la Medicina Materno-Fetal y Neonatal "iMaterna"

• Simone Schwank, PhD M.S. M.A. Msc. Clinical Ps · Karolinska Institutet

• Ksenia Olisova, MD, MPH · Taiji Clinic, Taipei

• Tung-Yao Chang, MD, M Med Sci · Taiji Clinic, Taipei

• Steven Shaw · Chang Gung University

• Sonia Hassan, MD · Wayne State University

• Jade Harris, MD · Wayne State University

• Orion Gliozheni, MD · University of Medicine, Tirana

• Jon Hayett, Professor · Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney

• Pavel Calda, MD, MSc, Professor · Charles University

• Laurent J Salomon, MD, PhD, Professor · Université de Paris

• Stefan Verlohren, MD, Professor · Charite University, Berlin, Germany

• Liona C Poon, MBBS, MRCOG, Professor · Chinese University of Hong Kong

• Tal Biron-Shental, MD · Meir Medical Center

• Maya Ben-Zion, MD · Meir Medical Center

• Federico Prefumo, MD, PhD · Università degli Studi di Brescia

• Gihad Chalouhi, MD, PhD · American University of Beirut Medical Center

• Ganesh Acharya, MD, PhD, FRCOG, Professor · Karolinska Institutet

• Heidi Tiller, MD, PhD · The Arctic University of Norway

• Karine Stiberg Birkelund · The Arctic University of Norway

• Solrun Rasmussen · The Arctic University of Norway

• Ewa Andersson, RNM, PhD · Karolinska Institutet

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Sex

FEMALE

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2020-05-01

Primary Completion

2020-08-31

Completion

2020-10-31

Countries

• United States
• Albania
• Australia
• Czechia
• France
• Germany
• Hong Kong
• Israel
• Italy
• Lebanon
• Norway
• Poland
• Spain
• Sweden
• Taiwan

Study Locations