Pregnant Women Reported Coping Practices during COVID 19 Pandemic

Document Type : Original Article

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1 Nursing Specialist at Technical Institute of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University, Egypt

2 Assistant Professor of Woman’s Health and Midwifery Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University, Egypt

3 Professor of Woman’s Health and Midwifery Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University, Egypt

Abstract

Background: Announcing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) as a global pandemic with high mortality and
morbidity rate exaggerated high level of stress and anxiety for pregnant women. Pregnant women were considered a
high-risk group for COVID-19 infection so many varieties of coping practices were utilized to decrease the stressful
pandemic conditions. Aim: The study aimed to explore pregnant women reported coping practices during COVID -19
pandemic. Method: A Descriptive retrospective study was utilized. Study subjects: A convenient sample of 207 women
who were pregnant during the pandemic COVID-19 and came to Health Care Office in Sherbin city, Dakahlia, Egypt,
during the six wave of COVID-19 pandemic to vaccine their infants. Data collection tool: A structured interview
questionnaire was utilized. Results: Nearly two-thirds of studied mothers had their knowledge regarding coping
practices either from mass media materials or from friends or family and around one-quarter of them did not follow
preventive coping practices at all as avoiding overcrowded places, wearing mask outside the home, washing hands
frequently with soap and water or alcohol-based sanitizers and staying at home except for medical reasons. In addition,
the majority of the studied mothers were reading from the Quran or the Bible and praying for strength and courage to get through the pregnancy and around 50% of them did not practice coping practices regarding healthy diet and enough sleep hours. Conclusion: The majority of the studied mothers had unsatisfactory coping practices during COVID-19 pandemic. Recommendation: Designing nursing guidelines for pregnant women about different coping practices and
their important role during the pandemic.

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