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Knowledge, Attitudes, Practices and Mental Health Impact of COVID-19 to Pregnant Women in 2020 to 2021 |
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| Creator | Panfan Wongkittithaworn |
| Title | Knowledge, Attitudes, Practices and Mental Health Impact of COVID-19 to Pregnant Women in 2020 to 2021 |
| Contributor | Thitima Suntharasaj, Jarurin Pitanupong |
| Publisher | PIMDEE Co., Ltd. |
| Publication Year | 2567 |
| Journal Title | Thai Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology |
| Journal Vol. | 32 |
| Journal No. | 2 |
| Page no. | 115-127 |
| Keyword | knowledge, attitudes, practices, mental health, COVID-19 |
| URL Website | https://tci-thaijo.org/index.php/tjog/index |
| Website title | www.tci-thaijo.org |
| ISSN | 2673-0871 |
| Abstract | Objectives: To evaluate and compare the knowledge, attitudes, practices and mental health impact of Coronavirus-19 (COVID-19) on Thai pregnant women between 2020 and 2021 and to identify the factors associated with these outcomes Materials and Methods: A self-administered questionnaires and Thai General Health Questionnaire-28, (Thai GHQ-28) was given to pregnant women ages 18 and above who attended antenatal care at Songklanagarind Hospital between July-September, 2020 and July-November, 2021. Three hundred and sixty women were recruited in each period. The knowledge, attitudes, practices, mental health status and factors associated with the outcomes were analyzed.Results: The participants with good knowledge (score 12-15) increased from 27.5% in 2020 to 42.5% in 2021. Factors associated with good knowledge were high education, government or state enterprise employee, high income and survey in 2021. Positive attitudes (? 4/5 items) were unchanged between the two periods (65.3% vs 67.5%). Most of the women had good practices (? 8/10 items) and these were improved significantly in 2021 (78.9% vs 87.2%). Factors associated with good practices were high education, high income, good knowledge scores and survey in 2021. The COVID-19 outbreak had mild negative impact on mental health. Only 0.83% of participants in 2020 and 3.89% of those in 2021 had Thai GHQ-28 scores ? 6 that needed additional psychological support. Factors associated with the mental health problems were marital status, increased severity and numbers of infected cases in 2021.Conclusion: Knowledge and practices about COVID-19 infection improved from 2020 to 2021. Pregnant women have low incidence of mental health problems. |
