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Table 1 Questions and scales of the COVID-19 pandemic questionnaire and the results answered by 94 obstetric patients. Median and interquartile range of the following ordinal scale (1–5) is presented:

From: The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on stress and other psychological factors in pregnant women giving birth during the first wave of the pandemic

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Median

Interquartile range

Concern

scale

1. Are/were you concerned about infecting yourself with the novel Coronavirus?

2.0

2.0–3.0

2. Are/were you concerned that your unborn baby might get infected during pregnancy?

2.0

2.0–3.0

3. Are/were you concerned that your newborn baby might be infected with the novel Coronavirus by you?

2.0

1.0–3.0

4. Are/were you concerned that your newborn baby might be infected with the novel Coronavirus by others?

3.0

2.0–3.0

Concern over

time scale

5. Are/were you concerned about being infected when the first European

patient was reported?

2.0

1.0–2.0

6. Were you concerned about being infected when the first European patient

died?

2.0

1.0–2.0

7. Were you concerned about getting infected when the number of infected

people increased?

3.0

2.0–3.0

8. Were you concerned about being infected when the exit restrictions

(lockdown) went into effect?

2.0

2.0–3.0

Impairment

scale

9. How badly is your quality of life affected by the COVID-19 pandemic?

3.0

2.0–4.0

10. How severely is the course of pregnancy affected by the COVID-19

Pandemic?

3.0

2.0–4.0

11. How badly is the birth of your baby affected by the COVID-19 pandemic?

2.0

2.0–4.0

  1. For questions 1–8: 1 = no, never; 2 = I have thought about it, but was not concered; 3 = I am a little concerned; 4 = I am often concerned; 5 = I am concerned about it all the time
  2. For questions 9–11: 1 = not at all; 2 = a little bit, 3 = moderately; 4 = quite a lot; 5 = a lot