the association between covid-19 anxiety and spiritual health during pregnancy

Background: the pandemic of covid-19 affected seriously the health of pregnant women. pregnant women and their fetuses are considered high-risk populations. spirituality may enhance the adaptability to illnesses. objectives: this study aimed to determine the relationship between spiritual health and anxiety caused by covid-19 in pregnant women referred to chabahar health centers in iran. methods: in this descriptive-correlational study, 198 pregnant women participated in 2020 - 2021. data were collected using polutzin and ellison spiritual well-being scale (swbs) and the coronavirus anxiety scale questionnaire (cdas2). results: the analysis finds that the mean anxiety score in pregnant women was severe (mean = 32.05; sd = 9.59). spearman correlation test did not show a linear relationship between spiritual health and covid-19 anxiety (p > 0.05). conclusions: there is probably no link between spirituality and severe anxiety caused by covid-19. therefore, it is appropriate to find out other influential factors in cases of severe stress in acute crises.