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Early Postpartum Stress, Anxiety, Depression, and Resilience Development among Danish First-Time Mothers before and during First-Wave COVID-19 Pandemic

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  • Monica Ladekarl

    (Research Unit for Dietary Studies, The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark
    Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Copenhagen University Hospital Amager Hvidovre, 2650 Hvidovre, Denmark
    Shared first authorship.)

  • Nanna Julie Olsen

    (Research Unit for Dietary Studies, The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark
    Shared first authorship.)

  • Karoline Winckler

    (Research Unit for Dietary Studies, The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark)

  • Anne Brødsgaard

    (Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Copenhagen University Hospital Amager Hvidovre, 2650 Hvidovre, Denmark
    Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Copenhagen University Hospital Amager Hvidovre, 2650 Hvidovre, Denmark
    Department of Public Health-Nursing and Health Care, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus, Denmark)

  • Ellen Aagaard Nøhr

    (Research Unit for Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, 5000 Odense C, Denmark)

  • Berit Lilienthal Heitmann

    (Research Unit for Dietary Studies, The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark
    The Boden Institute of Obesity, Nutrition, Exercise & Eating Disorders, The University of Sydney, Camperdown 2006, Australia
    Section for General Practice, Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, 1014 København K, Denmark)

  • Ina Olmer Specht

    (Research Unit for Dietary Studies, The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark)

Abstract

On 11 March 2020, a lockdown to limit the spread of COVID-19 was implemented in Denmark. The pandemic and the lockdown might have caused stress, depression, and anxiety in new mothers. Individuals with high resilience to stress may have been less affected. This study aimed to investigate if changes in perceived stress, anxiety, depression, and resilience from the second trimester until two months postpartum were different before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Denmark in spring 2020. Pregnant women enrolled in an ongoing feasibility study completed an online questionnaire measuring perceived stress, depression, anxiety, and resilience in the second trimester and two months postpartum. Changes in scores between women completing the two-month postpartum questionnaire before ( n = 26) or during ( n = 47) the COVID-19 pandemic were calculated. No statistically significant differences in changes from baseline to follow-up between pre- and during-pandemic groups in Cohen’s Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), the Depression, Anxiety, Stress Scale (DASS), or the Connor–Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) were found. Adjusted differences in group means were as follows: PSS: 0.70 (CI—2.45; 3.85); DASS Stress: 0.76 (CI—3.59; 2.08); DASS Anxiety: 0.47 (CI—0.84; 1.77); DASS Depression: 0.88 (CI—0.95; 2.71); and CD-RISC: 1.19 (CI—3.16; 5.54). In conclusion, we did not find significant differences in the development of stress, depression, anxiety, or resilience before or during the Danish COVID-19 pandemic in spring 2020.

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  • Monica Ladekarl & Nanna Julie Olsen & Karoline Winckler & Anne Brødsgaard & Ellen Aagaard Nøhr & Berit Lilienthal Heitmann & Ina Olmer Specht, 2021. "Early Postpartum Stress, Anxiety, Depression, and Resilience Development among Danish First-Time Mothers before and during First-Wave COVID-19 Pandemic," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(22), pages 1-9, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:18:y:2021:i:22:p:11734-:d:674911
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