Trends in Pregnancy Rates in an Urban Adolescent Clinic Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

ABSTRACT: We examined COVID-19 pandemic-related changes on reproductive health care delivery and pregnancy rates in an adolescent clinic. Through a retrospective data collection as part of quality improvement project, we compared the number of pregnancies, visit percentages for newly diagnosed pregnancies, and number/percentage of long acting reversible contraception (LARC) visits. The percentage of visits for newly diagnosed pregnancies during the first 3 months of the COVID-19 pandemic (April-June 2020) increased significantly relative to pre-pandemic percentages while the absolute number of new pregnancies only trended upward. Over the same timeframe, the total number of LARC visits decreased, although they consisted of a higher percentage of all in-person visits than pre-pandemic. After the firs

SUBMITTER: Fitzgerald SL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9681656 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature