Methods:
Participants:In our study, a total of 291 patients were included who applied for
routine antenatal control or gynecologic complaints. They had no
clinical symptoms of Covid-19 and had no suspicion of disease. 174 of
the participants were pregnant, and 117 were non-pregnant patients. The
study was designed as cross sectional study and data was obtained from
both qualitative and quantitative methods between 05 May (after the
start of restrictions) and 31 May (the date restrictions eased) during
the Covid-19 outbreak.
Participants are exluded if they: had a history of psychiatric
disorders, could not read or write in Turkish, did not agree to
participate in the study, had Covid-19 symptoms and Covid-19 PCR
positivity.
The study protocol was approved by the institutional ethical review
board.