The Fear of COVID-19 and Marital Adjustment in Pregnancy: Descriptive and A Cross-sectional Design

Objective: This research was planned to investigate the marital adjustment of pregnant women and their Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) fear during the COVID-19 pandemic period and identify the association between these two variables. Method: This study was performed with a descriptive and cross-sectional design from October 2021 to January 2022. Results: A total of 193 pregnant and married women participated in the research. It was discerned that the variable of marital adjustment perception had no effect on women's Fear of COVID-19 Scale scores (p>0.05) whereas it had a statistically significant effect on their Marital Adjustment Test, Relationship Style Sub-Scale, and Agreement Sub-Scale scores (p<0.05). Besides, it was identified that women's Fear of COVID-19 Scale scores had no statistically significant relationship with their scores on the Marital Adjustment Test and its dimensions (p>0.05). Conclusion: It was determined in the present study that the fear of COVID-19 did not affect the marital adjustment levels of pregnant women significantly, and as the marital adjustment scores of the participants increased, their agreement and relationship style scores also increased.

Journal

MEDITERRANEAN NURSING AND MIDWIFERY

Year

2023

Volume

4

Issue

1

Pages

54-64

ISSN

2791-7940

DOI

10.4274/MNM.2023.23165

WoS UID

WOS:001260922500002