Effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on maternity staff in 2020 - a scoping review.

ABSTRACT: In the spring of 2020, the SARS-CoV-2 virus caused the Covid-19 pandemic, bringing with it drastic changes and challenges for health systems and medical staff. Among the affected were obstetricians and midwives, whose close physical contact with pregnant women, women who recently gave birth, and their children was indispensable. In the obstetric setting, births cannot be postponed, and maternity staff had to adapt to assure obstetric safety while balancing evidence-based standards with the new challenges posed by the pandemic. This scoping review gives a comprehensive overview of the effecs the Covid-19 pandemic had on maternity staff. We followed the evidence-based approach described by Arksey & O'Malley: we searched several databases for English and German articles published between Janu

SUBMITTER: Schmitt N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8710925 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature