Impact of COVID-19 on pregnant women in South Korea: Focusing on prevalence, severity, and clinical outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

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 lo

SUBMITTER: Kim SH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8761582 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature