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Mini Chapters | Nursing | India | Volume 12 Issue 6, June 2023
A Study to Assess the Level of Stress Regarding COVID-19 Diagnostic Test during Antenatal Visit among Antenatal Mothers at SMVMCH, Puducherry
L Divya [2] | P. Manimegalai [9] | R. Priyadharshini [3]
Abstract: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The level of anxiety and fear among pregnant women increased during the COVID-19 pandemic. In this paper, we discuss how the COVID-19 diagnostic test causes stress in the antenatal mothers and the association between the levels of stress regarding COVID-19 diagnostic test during antenatal visit among antenatal mothers with their selected demographic variables. The main study was conducted at SMVMCH, Puducherry. The period of data collection was 1 week, and the data were collected from the 50 antenatal mothers by using structured interview questionnaire with Perceived stress scale. The study was conducted by using convenient sampling technique. Represents antenatal mothers, majority of them had 27 (54%) had mild level of stress, 17 (34%) had moderate level of stress and 6 (12%) had normal level of stress. The demographic variable such as no of children, type of residence and having idea about using PPE had shown statistically significant association between the level of stress regarding COVID-19 diagnostic test during antenatal visit among antenatal mothers with their selected demographic variables. The other demographic variable had not shown statistically significant association between the levels of stress regarding COVID-19 diagnostic test during antenatal visit among antenatal mothers with their selected demographic variables respectively.
Keywords: COVID 19 diagnostic test, Antenatal mothers, Perceived stress scale
Edition: Volume 12 Issue 6, June 2023,
Pages: 2363 - 2365