Psychological well‐being and worries among pregnant women in the first trimester during the early phase of the COVID‐19 pandemic in Denmark compared with a historical group: A hospital‐based cross‐sectional study

A pandemic may negatively influence psychological well‐being in the individual. We aimed to assess the potential influence of the first national lockdown in Denmark (March to June 2020) due to the COVID‐19 pandemic on psychological well‐being and the content and degree of worries among pregnant women in early pregnancy.

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