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While women who are COVID-19 positive at delivery experience higher levels of depressive symptoms, anxiety, and bonding difficulties, it is the maternal state anxiety and depressive symptoms that independently drive bonding difficulties, rather than the COVID-19 infection itself. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

What question did this study set out to answer?

To compare postpartum depressive symptoms, anxiety levels, and early mother-infant bonding between women with positive versus negative COVID-19 PCR results at delivery.

September 8, 2026Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics & GynecologyOpen Access

Maternal bonding and psychological symptoms among women with and without COVID-19 infection: a comparative cross-sectional study

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MGMerve Dilli Gürkan EGErdem Gürkan ÖGÖzlem Yıldız Gündoğdu

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Comparative cross-sectional study finds higher anxiety and bonding difficulties in mothers with COVID-19, highlighting maternal mental health support during public health crises.

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To compare postpartum depressive symptoms, anxiety levels, and early mother-infant bonding between women with positive versus negative COVID-19 PCR results at delivery.
Comparative cross-sectional study conducted among 107 postpartum women (53 COVID-19 positive, 54 COVID-19 negative) during their initial postpartum hospitalization.
Evaluated outcomes using a sociodemographic questionnaire, the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale, the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, and the Postpartum Bonding Questionnaire.
Women with COVID-19 infection had significantly higher scores for depressive symptoms, state anxiety, and mother-infant bonding difficulties compared to uninfected women.
Depressive and anxiety symptoms were positively correlated with bonding difficulties in both cohorts, displaying stronger associations in the COVID-19-positive group.
Multivariate analyses revealed that depressive symptoms and state anxiety were independently associated with bonding difficulties, whereas COVID-19 infection status was no longer significantly associated after adjusting for anxiety.

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Gürkan et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a9fd79b58e84d0ff5b4656a https://doi.org/10.1080/0167482x.2026.2728364

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September 8, 2026Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics & GynecologyOpen Access

Maternal bonding and psychological symptoms among women with and without COVID-19 infection: a comparative cross-sectional study

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MGMerve Dilli Gürkan EGErdem Gürkan ÖGÖzlem Yıldız Gündoğdu

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Comparative cross-sectional study finds higher anxiety and bonding difficulties in mothers with COVID-19, highlighting maternal mental health support during public health crises.

Key Points

To compare postpartum depressive symptoms, anxiety levels, and early mother-infant bonding between women with positive versus negative COVID-19 PCR results at delivery.
Comparative cross-sectional study conducted among 107 postpartum women (53 COVID-19 positive, 54 COVID-19 negative) during their initial postpartum hospitalization.
Evaluated outcomes using a sociodemographic questionnaire, the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale, the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, and the Postpartum Bonding Questionnaire.
Women with COVID-19 infection had significantly higher scores for depressive symptoms, state anxiety, and mother-infant bonding difficulties compared to uninfected women.
Depressive and anxiety symptoms were positively correlated with bonding difficulties in both cohorts, displaying stronger associations in the COVID-19-positive group.
Multivariate analyses revealed that depressive symptoms and state anxiety were independently associated with bonding difficulties, whereas COVID-19 infection status was no longer significantly associated after adjusting for anxiety.

Cite This Study

Gürkan et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a9fd79b58e84d0ff5b4656a https://doi.org/10.1080/0167482x.2026.2728364

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