Clinically Depressed and Highly StressedPre-COVID-19
Many mothers who were clinically depressed and highly stressed prior to the pandemic remained in a clinically depressed and highly stressed profile during COVID-19 (38.8%; Figure 2). Interestingly, 42.3% of the mothers originally in the clinically depressed and highly stressed profile experienced improvements in their mental health, with 18.9% still stressed but no longer clinically depressed and 26.7% identified in the below clinical concern altogether. However, 18.9% of mothers who had clinical depression and high levels of stress prior to COVID-19 were identified in the profile of highest clinical concern.