The relatıonshıp between pregnant women's anxıety levels about coronavırus and prenatal attachment.
Pelin Palas Karaca, Refika Genç Koyucu, Sevde Çubukçu Aksu
PMID 35094830WHAT IT FOUND
In 101 pregnant women in Turkey, coronavirus anxiety was weakly linked to lower prenatal attachment.
The association was small, so it does not show that anxiety caused lower attachment.
Key findings
01Higher coronavirus anxiety was weakly linked to lower prenatal attachment.
0268.3% of participants scored higher than 9 on the Coronavirus Anxiety Scale, indicating high anxiety.
03Prenatal attachment was higher in women who were younger than 35, had university education, were in their third trimester, were primiparae, had planned pregnancies, reported pregnancy affected their spouse relationship, or had sufficient coping.
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What it does not show
The study used online social media recruitment, so women with lower education, lower income or limited digital access may be missing. It included only women beyond 20 weeks gestation and excluded pregnancy complications, so it may not apply to higher-risk pregnancies or early pregnancy. All data were self-reported and collected at one time point, so it cannot show that anxiety caused lower attachment. The anxiety-attachment relationship was weak. Postpartum outcomes were not followed. The attachment score categories were defined from this study's distribution rather than a validated cut-off.
Declared interests
The authors declared no conflicts of interest.
The easy way to misread this
Do not read the weak negative correlation as proof that coronavirus anxiety caused lower prenatal attachment. The study was self-reported and did not test an intervention, so it cannot establish cause or treatment benefit.