investigating the self-care status of pregnancy and its relationship with social support and anxiety caused by corona disease in pregnant women following the implementation of the national covid-19 vaccination program

Background and aims: covid-19 has adverse effects on health. the best way to prevent it is vaccination. one of the high-risk groups for covid-19 is pregnant women. self-care of pregnancy can reduce the adverse consequences of pregnancy, which are affected by many factors. the present study aims to investigate the self-care status of pregnancy and its relationship with social support and anxiety caused by corona in pregnant women following the implementation of the national vaccination program for covid-19. methods: a total of 199 pregnant women from comprehensive health service centers were included in the study and completed self-care questionnaires during pregnancy, social support, and anxiety questionnaires caused by corona. data were analyzed by spss 18 software. results: the average score of self-care was 41.19±5.21, the average score of social support was 65.14±11.45, and the average score of anxiety caused by corona was 10.64±8.93. the pearson correlation test showed that self-care was significantly associated with social support (p<0.05, r: 0.347) but not coronavirus anxiety. the regression model showed that social support is the strongest predictor of pregnancy self-care (p<0.001). conclusion: considering the favorable score of self-care and social support and the low score of corona anxiety of the participants in the study and comparing with the results of other studies in the covid-19 pandemic and before vaccination, it seems that covid-19 vaccination had a significant effect on the results. however, longitudinal studies are suggested to ensure the results.