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Table 3 Overall levels of distress

From: Experiences, concerns, and needs of pregnant and postpartum women during the Covid-19 pandemic in Cyprus: a cross-sectional study

Levels of distress

(1 = no distress, 7 = highly distressing

All participants

Pregnant women

Postpartum women

 

M(SD)

M(SD)

M(SD)

p value*

Own COVID-19 related symptoms or potential illness

4.02 (2.17)

4.05 (2.16)

4.00 (2.18)

0.756

COVID-19 related symptoms or potential illness in friends and family

4.96 (1.89)

4.92 (1.89)

4.99 (1.89)

0.595

Employment and financial impact

5.39 (1.73)

5.4 (1.74)

5.38 (1.73)

0.829

Disruptions to social support

4.23 (2.02)

4.23 (1.97)

4.24 (2.07)

0.923

  1. *based on the Mann Whitney test of independent groups, due to the dependent variables not following the Normal Distribution (p < 0.001 in Kolmogorov–Smirnov test of Normality)