VP45.34: Knowledge, attitudes, practices and influencing factors of anxiety among pregnant women in Wuhan during the outbreak of COVID‐19

Abstract

Our study aimed to evaluate the knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) of pregnant women in Wuhan, investigate the status of anxiety and assess influencing factors during the outbreak of COVID-19. We recruited 817 participants from two maternity hospitals in Wuhan, which are respectively in Jiangan (urban) and Jiangxia (suburban) district. All participants completed a structured questionnaire include sociodemographic and clinical characteristic, KAP, Zung self-rating anxiety scale (SAS). The mean score of knowledge was 13.15 ± 1.10. The prevalence of prenatal anxiety was 20.81%. Having kids, low score of knowledge, very worried about getting contacted with COVID-19, worried about getting contacted with COVID-19 by ultrasound transducer were risk factors for the prenatal anxiety, trust in official media, postponed antenatal care (ANC) or reduced the visiting times were protective factors. Prenatal anxiety was relative common among pregnant women in Wuhan during the outbreak of COVID-19, Our findings recognised factors associated with a lower level of prenatal anxiety that can be used to design psychological interventions to improve the mental health of pregnant women during the COVID-19 pandemic. Supporting information can be found in the online version of this abstract Supporting Information Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.