Pregnant during the COVID-19 pandemic: Knowledge, concerns, attitudes and practices of Pakistani women

Izhar, Rubina; Husain, Samia; Tahir, Muhammad; Husain, Sonia; Hussain, Saba

doi:10.18332/ejm/142818

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“…Our study demonstrates high awareness of COVID-19, its transmission mode, presenting symptoms and main preventive measures. The reported understanding is better than the studies conducted in Ethiopia and Pakistan 15 16. This can be attributed to the disease burden in the two study areas and the time of the survey.…”

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“…The reported understanding is better than the studies conducted in Ethiopia and Pakistan. 15 16 This can be attributed to the disease burden in the two study areas and the time of the survey. Public awareness has been crucial in controlling the spread of COVID-19 as it is directly linked to the implementation of COVID-19-appropriate behaviour.…”

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Effect of restrictions imposed due to COVID-19 pandemic on the antenatal care and pregnancy outcomes: a prospective observational study from rural North India

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ObjectivesTo assess the difficulties faced by the pregnant women in seeking appropriate antenatal care due to the restrictions imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic; assess the difficulties encountered during delivery and postpartum period; the suitability of the teleconsultation services offered; effect of COVID-19 infection on pregnancy outcomes and the effect of restrictions on the nutrition profile of the pregnant women.DesignProspective observational study.Setting and participantsWe included 1374 pregnant women from the rural areas of three districts of Punjab, India registered at government health centres before the implementation of lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic on 24 March 2020.Primary and secondary outcome measuresThe primary outcome was the difficulties faced by the women during their pregnancies due to restrictions imposed during the lockdown. The secondary outcomes included the effect of COVID-19 infections on pregnancy outcomes, satisfaction from the telemedicine services and restrictions on the nutrition profile of the pregnant women.ResultsOne-third of the women (38.4%) considered their last pregnancy unplanned. Women faced difficulties due to the restrictions in getting adequate nutrition (76.5%), accessing transportation facilities (35.4%), consultations from doctors (22.4%) or getting an ultrasonography scan (48.7%). One-fifth (21.9%) of women could not access safe abortion services. Only 3.6% of respondents ever took any teleconsultation services offered by the government. Most of them felt unsatisfied compared with routine visits (77.5%). COVID-19-infected women were primarily asymptomatic (76.1%), but there was a high incidence of preterm birth (42.8%). Frontline workers could visit 64.3% of the women in the postpartum period despite restrictions.ConclusionsLockdown compromised the antenatal care in our study area while the frontline workers attempted to minimise the inconvenience. Telemedicine services did not prove to be of many benefits to pregnant women and should only work as a supplement to the existing protocols of antenatal care.

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Effect of restrictions imposed due to COVID-19 pandemic on the antenatal care and pregnancy outcomes: a prospective observational study from rural North India

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“…The ndings of this study revealed that pregnant women experienced anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic and a lack of knowledge regarding the impact of COVID-29 during the pregnancy process. Inadequate knowledge of pregnant women related to the risk of exposure to COVID-19 to mother and vertical transmission can increase negative attitudes toward preventing COVID-19 transmission 37,38 . Knowledge of pregnant women is mostly obtained from social media information, which has lower accuracy than information from health workers, newspapers, and the WHO or CDC website 37 .…”

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“…Inadequate knowledge of pregnant women related to the risk of exposure to COVID-19 to mother and vertical transmission can increase negative attitudes toward preventing COVID-19 transmission 37,38 . Knowledge of pregnant women is mostly obtained from social media information, which has lower accuracy than information from health workers, newspapers, and the WHO or CDC website 37 . Rumors, stigma, and conspiracies can affect the trust of pregnant women to misinformation and disinformation.…”

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Efforts and Expectations of Pregnant Women Against the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Phenomenological Study

Dewi

Safaria

Supriyatiningsih

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Background: COVID-19 is a global threat that directly impacts people's mental health and physical well-being. This study explores the efforts and expectations of pregnant women against the impact of the COVID-19 pandemicMethods: This study was a qualitative study that used phenomenological methods and used a naturalistic approach. The informants of this study were pregnant women (n=20). Data analysis used content analysis with software (Nvivo Release 1.5). Results: The results of the study are four themes namely increasing worries for pregnant women due to lack of knowledge about the impact of COVID-19; the efforts to reduce anxiety through spiritual, positive thoughts, and the role of the family; the efforts to prevent the pandemic exposure through reducing direct social relations, changing social life online, meeting nutritional, and strict health protocols; and the expectancy of pregnant women to the impact of the pandemic is the change in the health care system in health facilities. Conclusion: The COVID-19 pandemic impacts the lives of pregnant women in a complex manner, mainly on anxiety. The efforts and expectations of pregnant women can be a reference in developing health service innovations in health facilities, especially pregnant women, to create a sense of physical and psychological security and comfort for pregnant women from the threat of COVID-19.

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“…SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19, exhibits human-to-human transmission by multiple means, namely by droplets, aerosols, and fomites [ 3 ]. Knowledge on COVID-19 in pregnant women has evolved tremendously; earlier reports from China considered the possibility of vertical transmission, but subsequent reports depicted a theoretical risk, and increased prevalence of preterm deliveries was also noticed [ 4 ].…”

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COVID-19 and Pregnancy: Citation Network Analysis and Evidence Synthesis

Ruíz-Román¹,

Martínez-Pérez²,

Prados³

et al. 2022

JMIR Pediatr Parent

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Background COVID-19 spread quickly around the world shortly after the first outbreaks of the new coronavirus disease at the end of December 2019, affecting all populations, including pregnant women. Objective The aim of this study was to analyze the relationship between different publications on COVID-19 in pregnancy and their authors through citation networks, as well as to identify the research areas and to determine the publication that has been the most highly cited. Methods The search for publications was carried out through the Web of Science database using terms such as “pregnancy,” “SARS-CoV-2,” “pregnant,” and “COVID-19” for the period between January and December 2020. Citation Network Explorer software was used for publication analysis and VOSviewer software was used to construct the figures. This approach enabled an in-depth network analysis to visualize the connections between the related elements and explain their network structure. Results A total of 1330 publications and 5531 citation networks were identified in the search, with July being the month with the largest number of publications, and the United States, China, and England as the countries with the greatest number of publications. The most cited publication was “Clinical characteristics and intrauterine vertical transmission potential of COVID-19 infection in nine pregnant women: a retrospective review of medical records” by Chen and colleagues, which was published in March 2020. Six groups identified as being close in the citation network reflect multidisciplinary research, including clinical characteristics and outcomes in pregnancy, vertical transmission, delivery mode, and psychological impacts of the pandemic on pregnant women. Conclusions Thousands of articles on COVID-19 have been published in several journals since the disease first emerged. Identifying relevant publications and obtaining a global view of the main papers published on COVID-19 and pregnancy can lead to a better understanding of the topic. With the accumulation of scientific knowledge, we now know that the clinical features of COVID-19 during pregnancy are generally similar to those of infected nonpregnant women. There is a small increase in frequency of preterm birth and cesarean birth, related to severe maternal illness. Vaccination for all pregnant women is recommended. Several agents are being evaluated for the treatment of COVID-19, but with minimal or no information on safety in pregnancy. These results could form the basis for further research. Future bibliometric and scientometric studies on COVID-19 should provide updated information to analyze other relevant indicators in this field.

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Pregnant during the COVID-19 pandemic: Knowledge, concerns, attitudes and practices of Pakistani women

Cited by 12 publications

References 22 publications

Effect of restrictions imposed due to COVID-19 pandemic on the antenatal care and pregnancy outcomes: a prospective observational study from rural North India

Effect of restrictions imposed due to COVID-19 pandemic on the antenatal care and pregnancy outcomes: a prospective observational study from rural North India

Efforts and Expectations of Pregnant Women Against the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Phenomenological Study

COVID-19 and Pregnancy: Citation Network Analysis and Evidence Synthesis

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