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Resilience and Psychological Well-Being of Polish Women in the Perinatal Period during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Purpose: The COVID-19 pandemic, with its multidimensional consequences, is the most serious threat of the 21st century affecting the mental health of women in the perinatal period around the world. Resilience, which assumes the flexible use of an individual’s resources in facing adversity, is an imp...

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Autores principales: Sójta, Klaudia, Margulska, Aleksandra, Plewka, Maksymilian, Płeska, Kacper, Strzelecki, Dominik, Gawlik-Kotelnicka, Oliwia
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Publicado: MDPI 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10573938/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37834924
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm12196279
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author Sójta, Klaudia
Margulska, Aleksandra
Plewka, Maksymilian
Płeska, Kacper
Strzelecki, Dominik
Gawlik-Kotelnicka, Oliwia
author_facet Sójta, Klaudia
Margulska, Aleksandra
Plewka, Maksymilian
Płeska, Kacper
Strzelecki, Dominik
Gawlik-Kotelnicka, Oliwia
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description Purpose: The COVID-19 pandemic, with its multidimensional consequences, is the most serious threat of the 21st century affecting the mental health of women in the perinatal period around the world. Resilience, which assumes the flexible use of an individual’s resources in facing adversity, is an important, protective factor influencing mental well-being. The presented study aimed to determine to what extent psychological resilience, mitigates the relationship between adverse consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic and symptoms of depression and anxiety in women in the perinatal period. Methods: We recruited pregnant women from 17 February to 13 October 2021, using social media, the parenting portal, and the snowball method. To assess mental well-being, we used: The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS), The Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-2), Self-report Labour Anxiety Questionnaire—LAQ and the self-developed COVID-19 Pandemic Anxiety Questionnaire (CRAQ). Resilience was measured usingthe Resilience Measure Questionnaire (KOP26). Multiple Correspondence Analysis (MCA), an independent t-test, and a Pearson correlation analysis were performed. Results: Low resilience was significantly associated with depressive symptoms (r = −0.46; p < 0.05) and anxiety related to childbirth (r = −0.21; p < 0.05). No associations were found for resilience and pandemic-related stress. Very high and high perinatal anxiety along with the lowest level of resilience clustered with EPDS and BDI-2 scores indicating depression. Conclusions: Our study provides evidence that lower levels of resilience during pregnancy may be a significant predictor of increased severity of depressive symptoms and higher levels of anxiety related to childbirth among the perinatal population.
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spelling pubmed-105739382023-10-14 Resilience and Psychological Well-Being of Polish Women in the Perinatal Period during the COVID-19 Pandemic Sójta, Klaudia Margulska, Aleksandra Plewka, Maksymilian Płeska, Kacper Strzelecki, Dominik Gawlik-Kotelnicka, Oliwia J Clin Med Article Purpose: The COVID-19 pandemic, with its multidimensional consequences, is the most serious threat of the 21st century affecting the mental health of women in the perinatal period around the world. Resilience, which assumes the flexible use of an individual’s resources in facing adversity, is an important, protective factor influencing mental well-being. The presented study aimed to determine to what extent psychological resilience, mitigates the relationship between adverse consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic and symptoms of depression and anxiety in women in the perinatal period. Methods: We recruited pregnant women from 17 February to 13 October 2021, using social media, the parenting portal, and the snowball method. To assess mental well-being, we used: The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS), The Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-2), Self-report Labour Anxiety Questionnaire—LAQ and the self-developed COVID-19 Pandemic Anxiety Questionnaire (CRAQ). Resilience was measured usingthe Resilience Measure Questionnaire (KOP26). Multiple Correspondence Analysis (MCA), an independent t-test, and a Pearson correlation analysis were performed. Results: Low resilience was significantly associated with depressive symptoms (r = −0.46; p < 0.05) and anxiety related to childbirth (r = −0.21; p < 0.05). No associations were found for resilience and pandemic-related stress. Very high and high perinatal anxiety along with the lowest level of resilience clustered with EPDS and BDI-2 scores indicating depression. Conclusions: Our study provides evidence that lower levels of resilience during pregnancy may be a significant predictor of increased severity of depressive symptoms and higher levels of anxiety related to childbirth among the perinatal population. MDPI 2023-09-29 /pmc/articles/PMC10573938/ /pubmed/37834924 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm12196279 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Resilience and Psychological Well-Being of Polish Women in the Perinatal Period during the COVID-19 Pandemic
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10573938/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37834924
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm12196279
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