| Autor: |
So Hee Kim, Yeonmi Choi, Dokyoung Lee, Hyejin Lee, Ji Hoi Kim, Eun Saem Choi, Young Mi Jung, Jinwoo Lee, Pyoeng Gyun Choe, Ji Yoon Lee, Youngme Do, Chan-Wook Park, Joong Shin Park, Jong Kwan Jun, Seung Mi Lee, Jin Yong Lee |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2022 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Journal of Infection and Public Health, Vol 15, Iss 2, Pp 270-276 (2022) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
1876-0341 |
| DOI: |
10.1016/j.jiph.2022.01.004 |
| Popis: |
Background: In the era of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, there is a paucity of information regarding actual prevalence of COVID-19 in pregnant women compared to non-pregnant women. The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence of COVID-19 infection and clinical outcome in pregnant women and non-pregnant women. Methods: This is a nationwide cross-sectional study in South Korea between January 2020 and February 2021 using the claim database. The primary outcome was the prevalence of COVID-19 in pregnant women, and the secondary outcome was the occurrence of severe COVID-19 illness among infected patients. Severity of COVID-19 was classified into four categories according to WHO ordinal scale. Results: The prevalence of COVID-19 infection was lower in pregnant women than non-pregnant women aged 20–44 (0·02% vs. 0.14%, p |
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