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eISSN: 2581-9615 || CODEN: WJARAI || Impact Factor 8.2 ||  CrossRef DOI

Research and review articles are invited for publication in April 2026 (Volume 30, Issue 1) Submit manuscript

COVID 19 and violence in Pregnant women: A short review

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Despina-Maria SAVVOUDI 1, *, Eirini OROVOU 2, Giannoula KIRKOU 1, Maria DAGLA 1, Georgios IATRAKIS 1, Sofia Moriati 1 and Evangelia ANTONIOU 1

1 Department of Midwifery, University of West Attica, Agiou Spyridonos 28, 12243 Egaleo, Greece.
2 Department of Midwifery, University of Western Macedonia, Keptse, 50200 Ptolemaida, Greece.
 
Review Article
World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2024, 22(02), 1387-1390
Article DOI: 10.30574/wjarr.2024.22.2.1560
DOI url: https://doi.org/10.30574/wjarr.2024.22.2.1560
 
Received on 10 April 2024; revised on 17 May 2024; accepted on 20 May 2024
 
Introduction: COVID 19 pandemic made pregnant women more likely to experience domestic violence due to its unique circumstances and the unpreparedness of the health care systems. Event that led to increased episodes of violence.
Purpose: This review aims to investigate the relationship between COVID-19 and violence in pregnancy.
Methodology: Recent articles between the period 2019 to 2023 were included after searching Medline, Pubmed and Google Scholar.
Results: The results spotted out that COVID-19 increased the prevalence of domestic violence comparatively to the period before the Pandemic due to lockdown which led the couples spending more time together and the lowest incomes. It also showed that there were negative impacts in both pregnant women and fetus, such as miscarriages and psychological impacts to women. While highlighted the need of better organized health care systems and public awareness.
Conclusions: Public awareness and more supportable health care systems could help in the early recognition of pregnant women at risk and reduce the phenomenal of violence during pregnancy.
 
COVID-19; Pregnancy; Domestic violence; Consequences; Support systems; Pandemic
 
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Despina-Maria SAVVOUDI, Eirini OROVOU, Giannoula KIRKOU, Maria DAGLA, Georgios IATRAKIS, Sofia Moriati and Evangelia ANTONIOU. COVID 19 and violence in Pregnant women: A short review. World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2024, 22(2), 1387-1390. Article DOI: https://doi.org/10.30574/wjarr.2024.22.2.1560

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