RT Journal Article
T1 Maternal Psychopathological Profile during Childbirth and Neonatal Development during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Pre-Posttest Study
A1 Martínez Vázquez, Sergio
A1 Riquelme Gallego, Blanca
A1 Lugo Toro, Leydi Jhoansy
A1 Lucena Prieto, Lidia
A1 Garrido Torres, Nathalia
A1 López Soto, Teresa
A1 Caparros González, Rafael A.
A1 De La-Torre Luque, Alejandro Francisco
AB The coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 generated an alert that became a state of emergency in health issues worldwide, a situation that affected the entire population, including pregnant women. The present study aims to understand the effect of the psychopathological profile of a sample of pregnant women at the time of the COVID-19 pandemic on themselves during childbirth (Phase 1) and after childbirth and the anthropometric measures of the neonate at birth (Phase 2). The total sample comprises 81 pregnant women aged 32.07 years (SD = 5.45) and their neonates. Sociodemographic and obstetric data of the sample were collected. During pregnancy, psychopathology was measured by means of the SCL-90, as well as other psychological measures on stress and social support. Cluster k-means techniques were used to uncover the heterogeneous profiles of psychopathology in Phase 1. Two main psychopathological profiles were found (Cluster 1: High psychopathological symptoms; Cluster 2: Low psychopathological symptoms). The clusters generated show significant differences in all the SCL-90-R subscales used and in the general index at Phase 1. After childbirth, high psychopathology profile membership was associated with a greater probability of having a non-eutocic delivery. On the other hand, the low psychopathological symptoms cluster shows higher levels of depressive symptoms, hostility, paranoid ideation, and psychotic symptoms in Phase 2. In conclusion, there seemed to exist two heterogeneous profiles of psychopathology in pregnant women during the pandemic; the stress related to the pandemic seemed uninfluential on the development of a profile of high psychopathological symptoms and the psychopathology profile may influence delivery and postpartum outcomes.
PB MDPI
SN 2076-328X
YR 2023
FD 2023-01-18
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/72327
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/72327
LA eng
NO Martínez Vázquez, S., Riquelme Gallego, B., Lugo Toro, L. J. et al. «Maternal Psychopathological Profile during Childbirth and Neonatal Development during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Pre-Posttest Study». Behavioral Sciences, vol. 13, n.o 2, enero de 2023, p. 80. DOI.org (Crossref), https://doi.org/10.3390/bs13020080.
NO Department of Nursing, University of Jaen, 23071 Jaen, SpainInstituto de Investigación Biosanitaria (ibs.GRANADA), 18014 Granada, SpainEuropean University of Valencia, 46010 Valencia, SpainDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Delivery Ward, Hospital Antequera, 29200 Malaga, SpainMental Health Unit, Virgen del Rocio University Hospital, 41013 Seville, SpainEnglish Language Department, University of Seville, 41004 Seville, SpainDepartment of Nursing, The University of Granada, 18071 Granada, SpainDepartment of Legal Medicine, Psychiatry and Pathology, Complutense University of Madrid, CIBERSAM ISCIII, 28040 Madrid, Spain
NO Universidad de Jaén
NO Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria (ibs.GRANADA)
NO Universidad Europea de Valencia
NO Hospital Antequera
NO Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocio
NO Universidad de Sevilla
NO Universidad de Granada
DS Docta Complutense
RD 19 ene 2026