Abstract:
Objective To investigate the living experience of pregnant women of home protection during the epidemic of COVID-19, and to understand their status during home protection period, to promote the formulation of guidelines for pregnant women's home protection under the influence of public health emergencies in the future.
Method By phenomenological research, the snowball sampling method was applied to select pregnant women of home protection as the research object, and semi-structured in-depth interviews were conducted, the Giorgi phenomenological analysis method was used to analyze the interview data, and generate themes through comparison and induction.
Result The experience of pregnant women of home protection can be summarized into three themes: psychological experience, health care during pregnancy, and personal protection. Pregnant women were afraid of the spread of the epidemic, had greater emotional needs, and needed more comprehensive emotional support. Dietary nutrition, home exercise, and the time of prenatal visit have been greatly affected during pregnancy. In terms of personal protection, protection materials were relatively sufficient, but protection experience and knowledge about protection outside were relatively lacking.
Conclusion The COVID-19 epidemic has caused varying degrees of psychological, nutritional, and sport problems in pregnant women. Medical staffs should actively take targeted measures to improve pregnant women's quality of life during pregnancy, in the context of epidemic.