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.