Mitrovska, Stefanija

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Subjective Quality of Life of Women in the Perinatal Period: A Post Covid-19 Pandemic Exploration in North Macedonia
(Македонска академија на науките и уметностите, Одделение за медицински науки = Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Section of Medical Sciences/Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2023-03-01)
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Milutinovikj, Milosh
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Subjective quality of life could be considered one of the indicators of health behavior and wellbeing of women in the perinatal period. Accordingly, the aim of this paper was to examine how women in perinatal period perceive quality of life in various domains. Its relationship to age, number of pregnancies, course of pregnancies, and method of delivery and experience with Covid-19 pandemic was investigated, as well. Our sample consisted of 366 pregnant women in any period of pregnancy who came in for regular outpatient examinations and control, those who were hospitalized due to pathological pregnancy or due to the need for intensive care, as well as women in their postnatal period, one year after delivery, who were seeking professional advice from a gynecologist. The majority were aged 20 to 30 years (53.8%). The findings showed that assessed domains of subjective quality of life were related to a variety of experiences with the Covid-19 pandemic. The results are presented and discussed in detail. Implications and limitations are given, as well.
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DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY FOLLOWING EARLY PREGNANCY LOSS – OCCURRENCE AND RISK FACTORS
(Macedonian Association of Anatomists and Morphologists, 2023)
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Ilkoski, Ana
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Biljan, Aleksandra
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Drogrishki, Marta
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Simonovska, Biljana
Early pregnancy loss is associated with various psychological symptoms shortly after the miscarriage which, in some patients, can persist a longer period of time. The main goal of our study is to establish the occurrence-rate and risk factors for development of these symptoms. Patients with early pregnancy lose, who came in hospital were enrolled in the study. The HADS (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale) was used to measure symptoms of depression and/or anxiety of these patients. Chi-square test was used for statistical analysis. Out of total 70 patients, 60% reported symptoms of depression and/or anxiety at some point during the study. Half of them, i.e. 54.2% display the symptoms on the day of admission to the hospital, while 9.5% of the patients demonstrated onset of symptoms of depression and/or anxiety one month after the incident. The symptoms persisted at least one month following the miscarriage, in 64.3% of the patients. Regarding the studied variables (nationality, level of education, employment and marital status as well as number of previous pregnancy loss and the number of children), none of them shows statistically significant difference for developing symptoms of depression and/or anxiety. 60% of women display symptoms of anxiety or/and depression following early pregnancy loss, majority of them immediate after the incident, so every hospital should be well-staffed by professionals and able to provide an adequate care and psychological support for these patients. The study failed to reveal any risk factor (among selected) significantly associated with development of symptoms of depression and anxiety. Hence, every woman with such diagnosis can potentially develop psychological stress, and should be monitored carefully.
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Covid-19 pandemic and postnatal depression, risk factors for postnatal depression
(RAS Publishers LLC, 2022)
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Haxhihamza, Kadri
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Milutinovikj, Milosh
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Kocoska, Simona
<jats:p>Objective: To evaluate the effects of Covid-19 pandemic on mental health of women in the perinatal period, with an accent on the intensity of depressive symptomatology, and explore the relationship between the specific aspects of Covid-19 pandemic and the registered risk factors for perinatal depression in women. Methods: The study sample consisted of 54 patients, with heterogeneous demographic characteristics (age, marital status, educational background, socio[1]economic status and religious affiliation) selected from the Cabinet for women with perinatal mental health issues at the University Clinic for Psychiatry in Skopje, where they were treated in the period from January 2020 until December 2021 The included patients met the criteria for the diagnosis F.32 during pregnancy, or F32.01/F32.02 postpartum depression in compliance to the ICD 10, and were treated accordingly with a combined approach using psychological interventions and psychopharmaceutic treatment encompassing antidepressant, anxiolytic, antipsychotic, mood stabilizing drugs or a combination of the above mentioned. The inclusion criteria mandated that they were pregnant or had a child in the past two years. The participants could have been subjected to inpatient, or outpatient treatment, or a combination of both modalities during this time. In order to minimize the risk of infection during pandemic times, and protect the health of participants and researchers, the interviews were conducted via telephone beginning with obtaining an informed consent for participation in the study from the patients who were primarily informed in detail about the aims of the study, their rights and protection of their data and anonymity. We used the following methodology: - A structured, non-standardized socio-demographic questionnaire including 11 items regarding age, parity, realized pregnancies, course of pregnancy and delivery, type of treatment, pharmacological therapy, marital status, socio-economic status, educational background, religious affiliation and presence of previously established risk factors in the world literature; - A structured, non-standardized questionnaire regarding the effects of Covid-19 pandemic consisting of 11 questions; - Edinburgh Depression Perinatal Scale (EDPS) This is a 10-questions self-reported scale, which proved to be a valuable and efficient tool for screening perinatal depression. Namely, a presence of clinical depression was registered in 17.2% of the included participants using the EDPS, the percentage of perinatal depression before the COVID-19 pandemic ranged between 10-14% and has been presented in the literature. Of these, 37.8% were registered in Spain, and 40.7% in Canada [3]. Results: The statistical analysis of data from the structured non-standardized questionnaire for the effects of Covid-19 pandemic showed no statistical significance in the subjectively reported effects from the pandemic on participants’ mental health based on the question from the structured non-standardized Covid-19 questionnaire “Do you feel that the Covid-19 pandemic had an effect on your mental health prior or after the childbirth?” where 55.6% answered with “Yes” and 44.4% with “No”. In spite of this, we gained a perspective of the prevailing risk factors in this population and the correlational analysis of data from the questionnaires granted us insights into further investigation of the relationship between the co-variables.</jats:p>

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