Pregnant Women Reported Coping Practices during COVID 19 Pandemic | ||||
| Mansoura Nursing Journal | ||||
| Volume 11, Issue 2, July 2024, Page 83-90 PDF (589.73 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/mnj.2024.379238 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Asmaa Mahmoud1; Eman Fadel2; Amina El-Nemer3 | ||||
| 1Nursing Specialist at Technical Institute of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University, Egypt | ||||
| 2Assistant Professor of Woman’s Health and Midwifery Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University, Egypt | ||||
| 3Professor 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. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| COVID-19 Pandemic; Pregnant Women; Coping Practices | ||||
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