Worldwide Covid-19-Related Knowledge, Impact, And Worry In Pregnant People And Their Partners

To ascertain levels of COVID-19-related knowledge, worry, and non-medical impact in pregnant people and their partners worldwide. We conducted a cross-sectional study (in four languages; April-May 2020) of COVID-related worry, knowledge, and non-medical impact. Participants (n=7,411) came from 175 countries through Facebook and Amazon’s mTURK, and created standardized T-scores (mean:50; standard deviation:10) as summary measures in each domain (COVID-related knowledge, worry, and impact). Participants self-identified if they (n=166) or their partners (n=275) were currently pregnant. Participants were classified geographically by the UN classification system of resident country into six regions. ANOVA analysis (SPSSv25) identified significance of differences in scores by pregnancy status. Globally, pregnant people’s COVID-19-related knowledge scores were one-third lower than their non-pregnant counterparts (p