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.