Main Findings:
This study demonstrates that, pregnant women had significantly higher
anxiety STAI-S scores than the nonpregnant women. STAI-S and STAI-T
scores were not statistically different in between trimester groups.
Additionally the education level of the pregnant women and whether they
received psychosocial support or in which trimester they were, did not
make any difference between the STAI-S and STAI-T scores. Pregnants
under age 20 showed significantly different scores of STAI-S with
pregnants 20-30 age group and 30-40 age group. Almost half of pregnant
women stated that they never leave their home. Furthermore, fear of
contracting Covid-19 caused the pregnant women to avoid going to their
prenatal visits. Cancelling appointments of prenatal care and the fear
of going to hospital is obviously high in third trimester, that caused
poor quality of antenal care.