Psychological consequences of stress in pregnant women during the confinement of covid-19 in Peru. A review study

Abstract

The present research sought to identify and determine the psychological consequences of stress in women through a systematic review. According to data extracted from the Portal Instituto Nacional Materno Perinatal del Perú in 2020, during the COVID-19 confinement there is an increase in Mixed Anxiety and Depression Disorder with 29.31%, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder 4.47%, adjustment disorder with 14.47%, stress-related problems, not classified elsewhere with 15.57%. In Peru: the psychological consequences correspond to the fact that pregnant women have depression in 29.31%, post-traumatic stress disorder in 4.47%, adjustment disorder in 14.47%, stress-related problems, and those not classified elsewhere in 15.57%. It is concluded that there was an increase in the psychological consequences of stress in pregnant women due to social isolation, since pregnant women were deprived of the activities they carried out, even more so due to the emotional and physical changes that occur during their stage.