Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on perinatal outcomes: a retrospective cohort study from Turkey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Lockdowns, pregnant women's fear from hospitalization in addition to uncertainties about appropriate birthing practices at the beginning of the pandemic may have affected the health outcomes of mother-infant couples. We aimed to explore whether pregnancy outcomes including the rates of cesarean delivery (CS), preterm, and low birth weight (LBW) births have changed during the pandemic period compared with the pre-pandemic period.

Methods

We applied a population-based retrospective cohort, before-after approach in 2020 vs. similar calendar months in 2019 for five periods [Jan-Feb (pre-pandemic); March-May (1st wave and lockdown); June-August; September-October; November-December (2nd wave and lockdown)]. The data was modelled through multiple logistic regressions us

SUBMITTER: Yalcin SS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8772535 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature