Table 1.
Responses from 71 pregnant women to a questionnaire on their attitudes and behaviour relating to Covid 19.
% Positive | Yes | No | n | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Worry Often or All the Time | About self – prior to pandemic | 16.9 | 12 | 59 | 71 |
About self – after arrival of pandemic | 50.7 | 36 | 35 | 71 | |
About unborn baby | 63.4 | 45 | 26 | 71 | |
About existing children | 66.7 | 28 | 14 | 42 | |
About Older relatives | 83.3 | 55 | 11 | 66 | |
Behavioural Changes | Working from Home | 19.7 | 14 | 57 | 71 |
Staying home from work | 32.4 | 23 | 48 | 71 | |
Self-isolating | 35.2 | 25 | 48 | 71 | |
Avoiding large social gatherings | 63.4 | 45 | 26 | 71 | |
Avoid all socialising | 70.4 | 50 | 21 | 71 | |
Altered transportation | 46.5 | 33 | 38 | 71 | |
Stocking up | Food | 66.2 | 47 | 24 | 71 |
Hand sanitizer | 42.3 | 30 | 41 | 71 | |
Toiletries/toilet roll | 25.4 | 18 | 53 | 71 | |
Fuel/batteries | 9.9 | 7 | 64 | 71 | |
Personal Protective Equipment | 8.5 | 6 | 65 | 71 | |
Child support | Need additional child support | 38.2 | 26 | 71 | |
No support – have to stay home from work | 23.9 | 14 | 57 | 71 | |
Shared childcare (friends, colleagues) | 5.6 | 4 | 67 | 71 | |
Grandparents | 11.3 | 8 | 63 | 71 | |
Information sources | Television News Bulletins | 80.3 | 57 | 14 | 71 |
Newspaper | 25.4 | 18 | 53 | 71 | |
Mobile phone news applications | 49.3 | 35 | 36 | 71 | |
Health Service Executive Website | 63.4 | 45 | 26 | 71 | |
WHO Website | 16.9 | 12 | 59 | 71 | |
4.2 | 3 | 68 | 71 | ||
Other social media | 11.3 | 8 | 63 | 71 |