abstract: 'The COVID-19 pandemic and related public health restrictions have

  impacted the mental health and coping strategies of many population

  groups, including people who are pregnant. Our study sought to explore

  the ways that pregnant people described coping with stressors associated

  with the pandemic. N = 5879 pregnant individuals completed the

  pan-Canadian Pregnancy During the COVID-19 Pandemic Survey between April

  and December 2020. We used descriptive statistics to quantify

  sociodemographic characteristics and thematic analysis (Braun \& Clarke,

  2006, 2019) to analyze n = 3316 open-ended text responses to the

  question ``Can you tell us what things you are doing to cope with the

  COVID-19 pandemic?{''''} The average age of participants was 32 years (SD

  = 4.4), with the majority identifying as White (83.6\%), female

  (99.7\%), married (61.5\%), having completed post-secondary education

  (90.0\%), and working full-time (75.4\%). We categorized participant

  responses into two overarching thematic dimensions: (1) ways of coping

  and (2) coping challenges. Ways of coping included the following main

  themes: (1) taking care of oneself, (2) connecting socially, (3)

  engaging in pandemic-specific coping strategies, (4) keeping busy, (5)

  taking care of others, (6) creating a sense of normalcy, (7) changing

  perspectives, and (8) practicing spirituality. Coping challenges

  included the following: (1) the perception of coping poorly, (2) loss of

  coping methods, (3) managing frontline or essential work, and (4)

  worries about the future. Findings highlight important implications for

  targeted prenatal supports delivered remotely, including opportunities

  for social support, prenatal care, and mental health strategies.'
affiliation: 'Reynolds, KA (Corresponding Author), Univ Manitoba, Dept Psychol, Winnipeg,
  MB, Canada.

  Reynolds, KA (Corresponding Author), Univ Manitoba, Dept Psychiat, Winnipeg, MB,
  Canada.

  Reynolds, Kristin A.; Pankratz, Lily; Cameron, Emily E.; Roos, Leslie E., Univ Manitoba,
  Dept Psychol, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.

  Reynolds, Kristin A., Univ Manitoba, Dept Psychiat, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.

  Giesbrecht, Gerald F., Univ Calgary, Dept Pediat, Calgary, AB, Canada.

  Giesbrecht, Gerald F., Univ Calgary, Dept Community Hlth Sci, Calgary, AB, Canada.

  Lebel, Catherine, Univ Calgary, Dept Radiol, Calgary, AB, Canada.

  Tomfohr-Madsen, Lianne M., Univ Calgary, Dept Psychol, Calgary, AB, Canada.'
author: Reynolds, Kristin A. and Pankratz, Lily and Cameron, Emily E. and Roos, Leslie
  E. and Giesbrecht, Gerald F. and Lebel, Catherine and Tomfohr-Madsen, Lianne M.
author-email: Kristin.Reynolds@Umanitoba.ca
author_list:
- family: Reynolds
  given: Kristin A.
- family: Pankratz
  given: Lily
- family: Cameron
  given: Emily E.
- family: Roos
  given: Leslie E.
- family: Giesbrecht
  given: Gerald F.
- family: Lebel
  given: Catherine
- family: Tomfohr-Madsen
  given: Lianne M.
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1007/s00737-022-01277-x
earlyaccessdate: NOV 2022
eissn: 1435-1102
files: []
issn: 1434-1816
journal: ARCHIVES OF WOMENS MENTAL HEALTH
keywords: Prenatal; COVID-19; Coping; Qualitative
keywords-plus: 'PERCEIVED BARRIERS; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; PREVALENCE; PREFERENCES;

  DISTRESS; STRESS; IMPACT'
language: English
month: DEC
number: '6'
number-of-cited-references: '65'
orcid-numbers: 'Lebel, Catherine/0000-0002-0344-4032

  Tomfohr-Madsen, Lianne/0000-0002-0860-5392'
pages: 1137-1148
papis_id: d9f76697e7e38be70393cb9cabf9958d
ref: Reynolds2022pregnancycovid19
researcherid-numbers: 'Lebel, Catherine/B-4298-2015

  '
times-cited: '0'
title: 'Pregnancy during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative examination of ways
  of coping'
type: article
unique-id: WOS:000889432600001
usage-count-last-180-days: '1'
usage-count-since-2013: '2'
volume: '25'
web-of-science-categories: Psychiatry
year: '2022'