Document Type : Research Paper
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1 semnan university
2 faculty of semnan university
Abstract
This research was conducted with the aim of determining the comparison of health indicators of infants and anxiety of active and inactive pregnant women with covid-19. The current research is applied and causal-comparative and was conducted in the field. The statistical population includes all pregnant women with covid-19 who visited health centers in Tehran in 2021-2022. Among these, 100 pregnant women were purposefully selected as the research sample, so that 50 active pregnant women with covid-19 and 50 inactive pregnant women with covid-19 were included in the study. An international physical activity questionnaire was used to evaluate physical activity and the Vandenberg questionnaire (1989) was used to evaluate anxiety level. Also, SPSS software (version 24) was used for statistical analysis. The results showed that there is no significant difference (P≤0.05) between the health index of newborns (Apgar, head size, height, and weight) born from active and inactive pregnant women with covid-19 (P≤0.05), but between the anxiety groups of active and inactive pregnant women with There is a significant difference to Covid-19 (p=0.0001, u=235). So that by using the average ratings, it is determined that the inactive group with an average rating of 70.80 had a higher total anxiety level than the active group with an average rating of 20.30. Considering the low cost of physical activity compared to the treatment of complications caused by pregnancy anxiety during a high-risk period such as a virus epidemic,
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