Pregnancy-Specific Stress during the First Lockdown of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Assessing Face-to-Face versus Online Recruitment.

Simo, SandraCajiao-Nieto, JuanitaAwad-Sirhan, Natalia VCaparros-Gonzalez, Rafael A2023-05-032023-05-032022-10-25Simó S, Cajiao-Nieto J, Awad-Sirhan NV, Caparros-Gonzalez RA. Pregnancy-Specific Stress during the First Lockdown of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Assessing Face-to-Face versus Online Recruitment. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Oct 28;19(21):14102.http://hdl.handle.net/10668/21117The study aims to assess pregnancy-specific stress among pregnant women in Spain during the first lockdown of the COVID-19 pandemic. Two samples of pregnant women from the south of Spain (Andalusia) were assessed using the Prenatal Distress Questionnaire (PDQ) and a sociodemographic and obstetric questionnaire. Group 1 (N = 155) was recruited face-to-face, whereas Group 2 (N = 78) was recruited online. Pregnancy-specific stress levels were significantly different in both groups. The face-to-face group (Group 1) had higher pregnancy-specific stress levels than the online group (Group 2). The online sample over-represents young adult pregnant women with high education levels and a high number of previous miscarriages. The face-to-face study seems more accessible to racially and ethnically diverse groups. The main concern among both groups was the risk of having a sick neonate. Research during the COVID-19 pandemic can benefit from using online resources to collect data to screen and identify perinatal mental health problems in a crisis environment. Nevertheless, researchers should be aware of the potential limitations this strategy can have, for example, certain groups of people may have limited access to the internet.enAttribution 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/COVID-19maternal mental healthonline surveyperinatal mental healthpregnancy-specific stressprenatal healthInfant, NewbornYoung AdultFemalePregnancyHumansCOVID-19PandemicsCommunicable Disease ControlPregnant WomenParturitionStress, PsychologicalAnxietyPregnancy-Specific Stress during the First Lockdown of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Assessing Face-to-Face versus Online Recruitment.research article36360988open accessAnsiedadControl de enfermedades transmisiblesEmbarazoEstrés psicológicoFemeninoMujeres embarazadasPandemiasHumanosPartoRecién nacido10.3390/ijerph1921141021660-4601PMC9653943https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/19/21/14102/pdf?version=1666965416https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9653943/pdf