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2019-nCOV distress and depressive, anxiety and OCD-type, and eating disorder symptoms among postpartum and control women

ARCHIVES OF WOMENS MENTAL HEALTH (2021)

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ARCHIVES OF WOMENS MENTAL HEALTH

Volume 24, Issue 4, Pages 671-680

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SPRINGER WIEN

DOI: 10.1007/s00737-021-01120-9

Keywords

Coronavirus; Postpartum women; Depressive symptoms; Anxiety; OCD-type symptoms; Eating disorder

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UNC Department of Psychology and Neuroscience
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program [DGE-1650116]

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This study compared postpartum and control women on various mental health symptoms during the 2019-nCOV pandemic, revealing that postpartum women are more likely to experience OCD-type symptoms, especially those related to contamination and responsibility. Among all women, 2019-nCOV distress is positively associated with general anxiety symptoms, OCD-type symptoms, and OCD-type symptoms related to responsibility after controlling for general stress and mental health history.

This study compared postpartum and control women on depressive, anxiety, and OCD-type symptoms, and eating disorder symptoms during the 2019-nCOV pandemic and evaluated if associations between 2019-nCOV distress and these mental health symptoms differed for postpartum compared to control women. A community sample of women, ages 18-39, who had either given birth in the past 12 months (n = 232) or had no pregnancy history (n = 137; controls), was recruited to complete an online survey about their depressive, anxiety, OCD, and eating disorder symptoms. Postpartum women reported greater OCD-type symptoms related to concerns about both contamination and responsibility for harm (ps < .05) compared to controls. After controlling for general stress and mental health history, the association between 2019-nCOV distress and OCD-type symptoms related to concerns about contamination was stronger among postpartum compared to control women (ps < .002). For all women, 2019-nCOV distress was positively related to general anxiety symptoms, total OCD-type symptoms, and OCD-type symptoms related to concerns about responsibility for harm after controlling for general stress and mental health history (ps < .03). Data are first to suggest postpartum women may be at elevated risk for OCD-type symptoms during 2019-nCOV pandemic, and pandemic distress is associated with anxiety and OCD-type symptoms among postpartum women more so than control women.

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