The effect of spousal support on distress experienced during pregnancy in COVID-19 pandemic: Sample of Türkiye
Articles > Article · 2023
Authors: Özlem DEMİREL BOZKURT, Hande Yagcan, Seda Hazar, Tugba Karaman
Health Care for Women International, Journal Indexed in SCI Expanded, International, WoS, 2023, vol 45, pp 1003-1015
DOI: 10.1080/07399332.2023.2235312
Summary
We conducted this study with 147 volunteer pregnant women to determine the effect of spousal support on the stress experienced during pregnancy during the COVID-19 pandemic period. We determined that the prenatal stress level of the pregnant women was low (15.34 ± 7.07), they were not at risk for distress, and the spousal support level was high (74.58 ± 8.78). We found that the rate of spousal support was 0.897 times higher for women who did not experience distress. Due to the stay-at-home rule during the pandemic, couples had to be together at home, which caused high spousal support, and we found that women's stress levels were lower.