Survey method:
After descriptive information (age, education, working status) and
obstetric history (gravida, parity number, last menstrual period) was
recorded, participants were asked about the number of people living at
home with them, and whether their was Covid-19 positive person amongst
them, if so, if she could isolate herself from that person.
We asked the following questions in order to determine behavioral
changes and concerns about pregnancy follow up during Covid-19 outbreak:
‘’During the COVID-19 pandemic, are you getting adequate psychosocial
support?’, ‘’Are you afraid of visiting the hospital for prenatal
checks?”, “If you are afraid of visiting the hospital, what is the
reason?”, “Are you afraid you or your baby, or both of you being
infected with Covid-19?”, ‘’ Have you missed any pregnancy visit?”,
‘’How often do you wash your hands?”, ‘’Are you wearing a mask?”,
‘’Are you wearing gloves?”
Upon completing the above, the participants where asked to complete the
Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) form to determine the
level of anxiety. The STAI is a 40-item self-report rating scale. Each
statement has four scale of feelings, participants are asked to select
best matching feeling, the state anxiety scales include ‘not at all,
somewhat, moderately so, or very much so’. Whereas the responses to the
items related to trait anxiety include ‘almost never, sometimes, often,
and almost always’. The scale has internal consistency coefficients
ranged from .86 to .95.12 It can vary with changes in
support systems, health, and other individual
characteristics.13 Validity and reliability study of
the Turkish form of the scale was performed by Oner and Le Compte.14 Since the STAI is used to measure the intensity of
anxiety (instead of identifying possible clinical cases), no cut-off
score is recommended.