Fear and Anxiety Impacts of the Covid-19 among Primigravida versus Multigravida Pregnant Women

Abstract

Nursing, Sohag University,Egypt.AbstractThe presence of pandemic disease as COVID-19 may increase the risk of the disease among pregnant women whichincreased risk during pregnancy and can lead to several consequences such as increased fear and anxiety levels thatmore frequent in the third trimester. Aim: To evaluate the prevalence of fear and anxiety Impacts of the covid-19among primigravida versus multigravida pregnant women. Design: A descriptive and comparative design. Setting:This study was conducted in Egypt at Sohag and Beni-Suef city. Sample: - A total of 300 pregnant women between10 and 30 April 2020 by an online snowball sampling. Tools: Data were collected using three online questionnairesincluding A structured questionnaire, fear of COVID‐19 Scale (FCV‐19S), and Corona Disease Anxiety Scale(CDAS). Results: women' age ranged from 20 - 33 years, and that women were mostly between 20 < 30 years inprimigravida (50.0%) and their mean age 20.10 ± 7.68 and (37.0%) in multigravida which their mean age 22.10 ± 9.88, it was observed that (61.3 %) had severed fear levels in primigravida and (51.2%) in multigravida. it wasdisplayed that a significant positive relationship was observed between the level of W-DEQ-A and BAI scores (p =0.000 <0.05). Conclusion: The majority of primigravida have experienced high and severe fear and anxiety scorestowards childbirth compared to multigravida mothers