COVID-19 and anxiety in pregnancy and postpartum: a longitudinal survey

Table 3 Exposure to COVID and perceived risk of COVID at different timepoints

听		Early pregnancy		Mid-pregnancy		Late pregnancy		Postpartum
听		Freq	Percent	Freq	Percent	Freq	Percent	Freq	Percent
Participants who had experienced a COVID infection	No COVID	1244	78.49	838	76.18	639	69.08	441	61.59
	Mild	181	11.42	142	12.91	171	18.49	179	25.00
	Moderate	136	8.58	109	9.91	107	11.57	81	11.31
	Severe	24	1.51	11	1.00	8	0.86	15	2.09
听	Total	1585	100.00	1100	100.00	925	100.00	716	100.00
Perceived risk of them, their baby or someone close to them getting COVID	Very unlikely	273	13.55	129	9.41	102	8.15	110	9.47
	Unlikely	401	19.90	181	13.20	172	13.74	144	12.40
	Uncertain	887	44.02	583	42.52	519	41.45	388	33.42
	Likely	353	17.52	326	23.78	307	24.52	306	26.36
	Very likely	101	5.01	152	11.09	152	12.14	213	18.35
听	Total	2015	100.00	1371	100.00	1252	100.00	1161	100.00
Perceived risk of them, their baby or someone close to them being severely ill with COVID	Very unlikely	349	17.36	205	14.94	161	12.90	207	17.86
	Unlikely	611	30.40	344	25.07	395	31.65	387	33.39
	Uncertain	843	41.94	671	48.91	568	45.51	458	39.52
	Likely	161	8.01	124	9.04	96	7.69	78	6.73
	Very likely	46	2.29	28	2.04	28	2.24	29	2.50
听	Total	2010	100.00	1372	100.00	1248	100.00	1159	100.00

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