Delivering alone in a pandemic: Anticipated changes to partner presence at birth are associated with prenatal distress.
Alyssa R MorrisShirin E HerzigMonica OrozcoVan TruongVanessa CampuzanoShreya SridharaPia SelleryDarby E SaxbePublished in: Families, systems & health : the journal of collaborative family healthcare (2022)
These findings extend initial work suggesting increased risk for mental health problems in pregnant women during the COVID-19 pandemic by highlighting specific pandemic-related disruptions to pregnancy and birth that may have contributed to prenatal distress. Monitoring and intervention for these mothers and their infants are warranted. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).