ANALYSIS OF ANXIETY AND EXPECTATIONS OF PREGNANT WOMEN CONSIDERING THE PERFORMANCE OF PRENATAL AND DELIVERY DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

• DOI: 10.22533/at.ed.1593642328084

• Palavras-chave: pregnant women, COVID-19, prenatal care, delivery, instructions

• Keywords: pregnant women, COVID-19, prenatal care, delivery, instructions

• Abstract:

  Pregnancy is a time of hormonal, physical and psychological changes that affect the woman's body. From the discovery of pregnancy, it is necessary for her to look for a health system to start prenatal care, which is important for the early diagnosis of pathologies that can cause some type of gestational intercurrence. In the scenario of the COVID-19 pandemic, the WHO classified pregnant women as a risk group for the disease. The emotional side of pregnant women can also be affected, and it is important for health professionals to pay attention to their anxieties and fears. Pandemics are sources of uncertainty and anguish that affect people's psychology, so it is necessary to be more attentive to the emotional side to avoid complications during prenatal care and childbirth. This way, three questionnaires were applied in the Emergency Care for Pregnant Women and Maternity Hospital Santa Lucinda (HSL) that concern the sociodemographic and gestational data of the patients, the anxieties and expectations of the pregnant women in relation to prenatal care and childbirth, and prevention of COVID-19, in order to reinforce the guidelines of the Ministry of Health and its need at the present time. We know that the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic are still little known, so we intend to clarify the psychological and physical impacts caused by this scenario. We hope that with this analysis, it will be possible to recognize whether there is a connection between the COVID-19 pandemic and the expectations of pregnant women in this period, related to the search for medical services for follow-up and possible complications.