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The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Depression and Sexual Function: Are Pregnant Women Affected More Adversely?

Objective  To investigate depression and sexual function among pregnant and non-pregnant women throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods  A total of 188 women, 96 pregnant and 92 non-pregnant were included. The Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and the Arizona Sexual Experience Scale (ASEX) were appli...

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Autores principales: Denizli, Ramazan, Sakin, Önder, Koyuncu, Kazibe, Çiçekli, Nayif, Farisoğulları, Nihat, Özdemir, Mikail
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Thieme Revinter Publicações Ltda. 2021
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10183953/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34784633
http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0041-1736174
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author Denizli, Ramazan
Sakin, Önder
Koyuncu, Kazibe
Çiçekli, Nayif
Farisoğulları, Nihat
Özdemir, Mikail
author_facet Denizli, Ramazan
Sakin, Önder
Koyuncu, Kazibe
Çiçekli, Nayif
Farisoğulları, Nihat
Özdemir, Mikail
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description Objective  To investigate depression and sexual function among pregnant and non-pregnant women throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods  A total of 188 women, 96 pregnant and 92 non-pregnant were included. The Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and the Arizona Sexual Experience Scale (ASEX) were applied to the participants after obtaining sociodemographic data. Results  The depression scores of pregnant and non-pregnant women were similar ( p  = 0.846). We found that the depression scores were significantly higher among the group of participants who have lower economic status ( p  = 0.046). Moreover, the depression score was significantly higher among women who lost their income during the pandemic ( p  = 0.027). The score on the ASEX was significantly higher, and sexual dysfunction was more prevalent among women who have lower levels of schooling and income ( p  < 0.05). Likewise, the ASEX scores were significantly higher ( p  = 0.019) among the group who experienced greater income loss throughout the pandemic. Upon comparing the pregnant and non-pregnant groups, we detected that sexual dysfunction had a significantly higher rate among pregnant women ( p  < 0.001). Conclusion  In times of global crisis, such as the current pandemic, low-income families have an increased risk of experiencing depression and sexual dysfunction. When we compared pregnant women with non-pregnant women, depression scores were similar, but pregnant women were at a 6.2 times higher risk of developing sexual dysfunction.
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spelling pubmed-101839532023-07-27 The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Depression and Sexual Function: Are Pregnant Women Affected More Adversely? Denizli, Ramazan Sakin, Önder Koyuncu, Kazibe Çiçekli, Nayif Farisoğulları, Nihat Özdemir, Mikail Rev Bras Ginecol Obstet Objective  To investigate depression and sexual function among pregnant and non-pregnant women throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods  A total of 188 women, 96 pregnant and 92 non-pregnant were included. The Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and the Arizona Sexual Experience Scale (ASEX) were applied to the participants after obtaining sociodemographic data. Results  The depression scores of pregnant and non-pregnant women were similar ( p  = 0.846). We found that the depression scores were significantly higher among the group of participants who have lower economic status ( p  = 0.046). Moreover, the depression score was significantly higher among women who lost their income during the pandemic ( p  = 0.027). The score on the ASEX was significantly higher, and sexual dysfunction was more prevalent among women who have lower levels of schooling and income ( p  < 0.05). Likewise, the ASEX scores were significantly higher ( p  = 0.019) among the group who experienced greater income loss throughout the pandemic. Upon comparing the pregnant and non-pregnant groups, we detected that sexual dysfunction had a significantly higher rate among pregnant women ( p  < 0.001). Conclusion  In times of global crisis, such as the current pandemic, low-income families have an increased risk of experiencing depression and sexual dysfunction. When we compared pregnant women with non-pregnant women, depression scores were similar, but pregnant women were at a 6.2 times higher risk of developing sexual dysfunction. Thieme Revinter Publicações Ltda. 2021-11-16 /pmc/articles/PMC10183953/ /pubmed/34784633 http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0041-1736174 Text en Federação Brasileira de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia. This is an open access article published by Thieme under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, permitting unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction so long as the original work is properly cited. ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Denizli, Ramazan
Sakin, Önder
Koyuncu, Kazibe
Çiçekli, Nayif
Farisoğulları, Nihat
Özdemir, Mikail
The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Depression and Sexual Function: Are Pregnant Women Affected More Adversely?
title The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Depression and Sexual Function: Are Pregnant Women Affected More Adversely?
title_full The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Depression and Sexual Function: Are Pregnant Women Affected More Adversely?
title_fullStr The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Depression and Sexual Function: Are Pregnant Women Affected More Adversely?
title_full_unstemmed The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Depression and Sexual Function: Are Pregnant Women Affected More Adversely?
title_short The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Depression and Sexual Function: Are Pregnant Women Affected More Adversely?
title_sort impact of the covid-19 pandemic on depression and sexual function: are pregnant women affected more adversely?
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10183953/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34784633
http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0041-1736174
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