Quality of care at childbirth during the COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium: a cross-sectional study based on WHO standards.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To examine quality of maternal and newborn care (QMNC) around childbirth in facilities in Belgium during the COVID-19 pandemic and trends over time.

Design

A cross-sectional observational study.

Setting

Data of the Improving MAternal Newborn carE in the EURO region study in Belgium.

Participants

Women giving birth in a Belgian facility from 1 March 2020 to 1 May 2023 responded a validated online questionnaire based on 40 WHO standards-based quality measures organised in four domains: provision of care, experience of care, availability of resources and organisational changes related to COVID-19.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

Quantile regression analysis was performed to assess predictors of QMNC; trends over time were tested with the M

SUBMITTER: Galle A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11683956 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature