Exploratory Data Analysis on Clinical and Emotional Parameters of Pregnant Women with COVID-19 Symptoms
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- Lobo Marques, Joao Alexandre (Author)
- Macedo, Danielle S. (Author)
- Motta, Pedro (Author)
- dos Santos Silva, Bruno Riccelli (Author)
- Carvalho, Francisco Herlanio Costa (Author)
- Kehdi, Renata Castro (Author)
- Cavalcante, Letícia Régia Lima (Author)
- da Silva Viana, Marylane (Author)
- Lós, Deniele (Author)
- Fiorenza, Natália Gindri (Author)
- Lobo Marques, Joao Alexandre (Editor)
- Fong, Simon James (Editor)
Title
Exploratory Data Analysis on Clinical and Emotional Parameters of Pregnant Women with COVID-19 Symptoms
Abstract
The scientific literature indicates that pregnant women with COVID-19 are at an increased risk for developing more severe illness conditions when compared with non-pregnant women. The risk of admission to an ICU (Intensive Care Unit) and the need for mechanical ventilator support is three times higher. More significantly, statistics indicate that these patients are also at 70% increased risk of evolving to severe states or even death. In addition, other previous illnesses and age greater than 35 years old increase the risk for the mother and the fetus, including a higher number of cesarean sections, higher systolic and diastolic maternal blood pressure, increasing the risk of eclampsia, and, in some cases, preterm birth. Additionally, pregnant women have more Emotional lability/fluctuations (between positive and negative feelings) during the entire pregnancy. The emotional instability and brain fog that takes place during gestation may open vulnerability for neuropsychiatric symptoms of long COVID, which this population was not studied in depth. The present Chapter characterizes the database presented in this work with clinical and survey data collected about emotions and feelings using the Coronavirus Perinatal Experiences—Impact Survey (COPE-IS). Pregnant women with or without COVID-19 symptoms who gave birth at the Assis Chateaubriand Maternity Hospital (MEAC), a public maternity of the Federal University of Ceara, Brazil, were recruited. In total, 72 mother-infant dyads were included in the study and are considered in this exploratory analysis. The participants have undergone serological tests for SARS-CoV-2 antibody detection and a nasopharyngeal swab test for COVID-19 diagnoses by RT-PCR. A comprehensive Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA) is performed using frequency distribution analysis of multiple types of variables generated from numerical data, multiple-choice, categorized, and Likert-scale questions.
Book Title
Computerized Systems for Diagnosis and Treatment of COVID-19
Place
Cham
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Date
2023
Pages
179-209
Language
en
ISBN
978-3-031-30788-1
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Lobo Marques, J. A., Macedo, D. S., Motta, P., dos Santos Silva, B. R., Carvalho, F. H. C., Kehdi, R. C., Cavalcante, L. R. L., da Silva Viana, M., Lós, D., & Fiorenza, N. G. (2023). Exploratory Data Analysis on Clinical and Emotional Parameters of Pregnant Women with COVID-19 Symptoms. In J. A. Lobo Marques & S. J. Fong (Eds.), Computerized Systems for Diagnosis and Treatment of COVID-19 (pp. 179–209). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-30788-1_11
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