Due to necessary scheduled maintenance, the JMIR Publications website will be unavailable from Wednesday, July 01, 2020 at 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM EST. We apologize in advance for any inconvenience this may cause you.
Who will be affected?
Readers: No access to all 28 journals. We recommend accessing our articles via PubMed Central
Authors: No access to the submission form or your user account.
Reviewers: No access to your user account. Please download manuscripts you are reviewing for offline reading before Wednesday, July 01, 2020 at 7:00 PM.
Editors: No access to your user account to assign reviewers or make decisions.
Copyeditors: No access to user account. Please download manuscripts you are copyediting before Wednesday, July 01, 2020 at 7:00 PM.
Association of Perceived Threat, Negative Emotions, and Self-Efficacy With Mental Health and Personal Protective Behavior Among Chinese Pregnant Women During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Cross-sectional Survey Study
Perceived threat, negative emotions and self-efficacy in relation to mental health and personal protective behavior among 4,087 Chinese pregnant women during the COVID-19 period: Results from an online survey
Phoenix Kit-Han Mo;
Vivian Wai In Fong;
Bo Song;
Jiangli Di;
Qian Wang;
Linhong Wang
ABSTRACT
Background:
COVID-19 is one of the emerging infectious diseases that has confronted the world. Pregnant women are particularly affected.
Objective:
The present study assessed the level of perceived threat (susceptibility, severity, impact), negative emotions (fear, worry) and self-efficacy of COVID-19, and examined their association with mental health (depression and anxiety) and personal protective behavior (wearing face mask) among pregnant women in China.
Methods:
A total of 4,087 pregnant women from China completed a cross-sectional online survey between 3 to 10 March 2020.
Results:
The prevalence of probable depression and anxiety was 48.7% and 33.0% respectively; 23.8% reported always wearing face mask when going out. Between 32.1% to 36.4% of participants perceived themselves or their family members susceptible to COVID-19 infection, between 78.7% to 86.1% agreed the disease would have various severe consequences. Between 54.7% to 55.7% showed self-efficacy in protecting themselves or their family members from contracting COVID-19; 31.8% reported a high level of fear to the disease, and 68% to 74.8% showed worries about various aspects of COVID-19. Results from multivariate multinominal logistic regressions showed that perceived severity, perceived impact, fear and worry were risk factors, while self-efficacy was a protective factor for probable depression and anxiety. Results from multivariate logistic regression showed that perceived susceptibility was associated with always wearing face mask.
Conclusions:
Chinese pregnant women showed high level of mental distress but low level of personal protective behavior during the COVID-19 period. Interventions are needed to promote their mental health and health behavior.
Citation
Please cite as:
Mo PKH, Fong VWI, Song B, Di J, Wang Q, Wang L
Association of Perceived Threat, Negative Emotions, and Self-Efficacy With Mental Health and Personal Protective Behavior Among Chinese Pregnant Women During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Cross-sectional Survey Study