Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on health service utilisation and household economy of pregnant and postpartum women: a cross-sectional study from rural Sri Lanka.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study aims to describe how household economies and health service utilisation of pregnant and postpartum women were affected during the pandemic.

Design

A cross-sectional study.

Setting

This study was conducted in the Anuradhapura district, Sri Lanka.

Participants

The study participants were 1460 pregnant and postpartum women recruited for the Rajarata Pregnancy Cohort during the initial stage of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

Household economic (income, poverty, nutritional and health expenditures) and health service utilisation details during the COVID-19 pandemic were gathered through telephone interviews. Sociodemographic and economic data were obtained from the cohort baseline and analysed with descript

SUBMITTER: Gunarathna SP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10230333 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature