Threatened abortion, threatened premature labor, and preterm birth during the first state of emergency for COVID-19 in 2020 in Japan.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

This study examined the maternal experience of threatened abortion, threatened premature labor, or preterm birth before, during, and after the first state of emergency for COVID-19 in 2020 in Japan.

Methods

This was a cross-sectional, internet-based questionnaire survey. We recruited 600 postpartum women and divided them into three groups by date of delivery: before (October 2019-March 2020), during (April-May 2020), and after (June-October 2020) the first state of emergency. The outcome was the presence of at least one of the following complications: threatened abortion, threatened premature labor, and/or preterm birth. The prevalence ratios (PRs) of the outcome were calculated and compared among the three groups using a multivariable Poisson regression model with adjus

SUBMITTER: Okawa S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9115260 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature