COVID-19-related fears and practices among postnatal women availing services at a rural maternity hospital in South Karnataka

COVID-19-related fears and practices among postnatal women availing services at a rural maternity hospital in South Karnataka

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The postnatal period is a critical phase indeed, in which, owing to the pandemic, an added apprehension being the safety and well-being of both, mother and child.This study was mainly done to assess the attitude and practices regarding sofia barclay sexy postnatal care during the Covid-19 pandemic among women availing services at Snehalaya hospital, Solur.It was a hospital based cross- sectional study done among post-natal mothers and data were collected using an interview schedule following sections such as- socio-demographic details, questions assessing the attitudes towards postnatal care during the pandemic followed by questions assessing the practices in the same period.It was rubbermaid 8 gallon trash can found that of the total interviewed, nearly half mothers reported to have a fear of getting infected with Covid-19 and few reported to have a fear of deaths due to Covid-19.Fear of dying from Covid-19 was an evident finding seen more among the gainfully employed and those with bad obstetric history.

The socioeconomic status did have a bearing on the perceptions towards the pandemic influence on the maternal and child health during the puerperal period.