Full-Course Psychological Intervention for Puerperas with COVID-19
Journal Title: Nursing & Healthcare International Journal - Year 2020, Vol 4, Issue 1
Abstract
Purpose: An outbreak of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) emerged in Wuhan since December 2019. Anxiety and depression tendencies are common in puerperas with COVID-19. We aimed to delineate and compare the psychological status of puerperas infected with COVID-19. Method: In this descriptive study, a postpartum psychological care team has been formed to supply full-course psychological intervention, and a dynamic changement of psychological status of 9 patients with COVID-19 was analyzed. Results: psychological status evaluation results showed that anxiety and depression scores reach a peak during 3-10 days after cesarean section, and then gradually declined. 88.89% (8/9) and 11.11% (1 / 9) of puerperas demonstrated mild and moderate anxiety experience respectively. 33.33% (3/9) of puerperas showed a tendency to depression. The fear scores of 88.89% (8/9) puerperas were ≥5 points, the peak value occurred at the first 24hours post-operative, and gradually declined. Conclusion: The SARS-CoV-2 infection may affect psychological status of puerperas, individual psychological intervention could decrease the degree of anxiety, depress and fear.
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Xiao Y, Li W and Zhang X*
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