Maternal and neonatal outcomes during COVID-19 pandemic and pre-pandemic in an urban slum in North India – A community-based ambispective cohort study

Autor: Saranya Rajavel, M Sathiabalan, Tarundeep Singh
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Vol 13, Iss 3, Pp 977-983 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2249-4863
DOI: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1309_23
Popis: Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has affected millions of people globally since its first case reported on December 2019 in Wuhan, China. The maternal and neonatal outcomes during COVID-19 pandemic were not much reported in low- and middle-income countries. Therefore, we aimed to assess the maternal and neonatal outcomes during COVID-19 and compared them with those of the pre-pandemic period (i.e., 2019). Materials and Methods: We obtained data from the cohort of pregnant women who delivered during COVID-19 pandemic and women who delivered in the pre-pandemic period. All registered antenatal mothers resident of the selected dispensary who delivered in health care facilities from January 2019 to June 2019 and from January 2021 to June 2021 were included in the study for assessing the socio-demographic, antenatal, natal, post-natal, and new-born characteristics. A semi-structed questionnaire was used for obtaining details regarding pregnancy and COVID-19 status. The neuro-development assessment of the newborn was done in the community using Trivandrum Developmental Screening Chart (TDSC). Chi-square test and Fischer exact test were used to draw association between the maternal and neonatal outcomes during COVID-19 pandemic and the pre-COVID-19 period. A P value of
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