SARS-CoV-2 infections among pregnant women-testing behaviour and neonatal and maternal health outcomes: a Dutch retrospective population-based cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To provide population-level insights into COVID-19 testing behaviour and test results among all pregnant women in the Netherlands and to assess the effects of SARS-CoV-2 infection during pregnancy on maternal and neonatal health outcomes.

Design

Retrospective population-based cohort study.

Setting

Dutch registry data on maternal and neonatal health outcomes linked with COVID-19 testing and sociodemographic data for the study period 2020 and 2021.

Participants

To study testing behaviour, all pregnant women who gave birth in the Netherlands during 2020 and 2021 were included (N=322 720). To study the effects of maternal infection, women who gave birth between June 2020 and September 2021 and who were tested for COVID-19 were included (N=68 059).

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SUBMITTER: Klein PPF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12587992 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature