assessing the level of coronavirus disease anxiety and its related factors in third-trimester pregnant women referring to the health centers of isfahan during the pandemic

Background: pregnancy as a sensitive period of a woman’s life can be affected by various psychological factors. covid-19 pandemic is a new phenomenon; and there is limited information about its psychological consequences such as the coronavirus disease anxiety in these women. so, the present study aimed to determine the level of covid-19 anxiety in the third trimester of pregnancy and its related factors.methods: in this descriptive-analytical study, 215 pregnant women with 28-33 weeks of gestational age were studied. the samples were selected from the health centers and hospitals in isfahan, iran, by cluster sampling. a questionnaire of demographic, fertility and coronavirus-related factors as well as the corona disease anxiety scale (including psychological and physical components) were completed by the mothers in person. the data was analyzed by spss-24 software using one-way analysis of variance, independent t-test, kruskal-wallis, mann-whitney, pearson and spearman correlation tests.result: the results showed that the mean score of corona disease anxiety in pregnant women was 11.45±7.56. anxiety was reported to be low in 62.8% of pregnant women, moderate in 32.6% and high in 4.6%. the mean score of the psychological component (8.40± 4.78) was higher than the score of the physical component (3.06± 3.59). working women, women with client-related occupations, and those having a working husband had lower anxiety scores. factors such as death of family members due to coronavirus disease and higher gestational age were associated with a significant increase in corona anxiety score.conclusion: considering that death of a family member due to coronavirus disease and higher gestational age are associated with higher coronavirus disease anxiety, the results of this study can be used to identify high-risk pregnant women and suggest early psychological interventions for preventing pregnancy anxiety complications.