Table 4.
Correlation of the factor scores on PREPS and PREPS-PP with demographic and clinical characteristics of the pregnant and postpartum women and STAI-S, STAI-T and EPDS
| PREPS | PREPS-PP | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preparedness stress | Infection stress | Total stress | Preparedness stress | Infection stress | Total stress | |
| Age | −0.14 | 0.03 | −0.06 | −0.08 | −0.07 | −0.08 |
| Gestational age | 0.03 | <0.01 | <0.01 | −0.12 | −0.05 | −0.07 |
| Parity | 0.09 | −0.08 | −0.01 | −0.16 | −0.15 | −0.13 |
| IVF | −0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.08 | 0.11 | 0.10 |
| Obstetric risk | 0.04 | 0.01 | −0.04 | −0.11 | −0.15 | −0.15 |
| Chronic disease | 0.02 | −0.06 | <0.01 | 0.03 | 0.10 | 0.07 |
| Miscarriages | 0.01 | −0.05 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.05 | 0.06 |
| Close person infected | −0.04 | −0.02 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.08 | 0.09 |
| Cancelled perinatal care appointments | 0.19 | 0.19 | 0.21 | 0.28 | 0.32 | 0.32 |
| Income loss | 0.31 | 0.20 | 0.25 | 0.14 | 0.22 | 0.21 |
| Perceived risk of infection | 0.21 | 0.25 | 0.24 | 0.15 | 0.18 | 0.21 |
| STAI-S | 0.34 | 0.25 | 0.32 | 0.37 | 0.32 | 0.36 |
| STAI-T | 0.31 | 0.22 | 0.29 | 0.21 | 0.17 | 0.20 |
| EPDS | 0.27 | 0.14 | 0.24 | 0.19 | 0.22 | 0.22 |
PREPS, Pandemic-Related Pregnancy Stress Scale; PREPS-PP, Pandemic-Related Postpartum Stress Scale; IVF, in vitro fertilisation; STAI-S, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory-State; STAI-T, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory-Trait; EPDS, Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale.