Laboring Alone: Perinatal Outcomes during Childbirth without a Birth Partner or Other Companion during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
COVID-19
birth companion
childbirth experiences
continuous childbirth support
women’s health
Journal
International journal of environmental research and public health
ISSN: 1660-4601
Titre abrégé: Int J Environ Res Public Health
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101238455
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
01 02 2023
01 02 2023
Historique:
received:
04
01
2023
revised:
27
01
2023
accepted:
30
01
2023
entrez:
11
2
2023
pubmed:
12
2
2023
medline:
15
2
2023
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
During the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in the spring of 2020, the government of the Czech Republic issued a nationwide ban on visitors to maternity wards. We studied whether the absence of a close person during labor due to this ban impacted perinatal indicators. This study was performed using an administrative observational questionnaire focused on absolute frequencies of events sent to maternity facilities across the Czech Republic. Completed answers were received from 33 facilities covering 4805 births during the study period in 2019 and 4514 births in 2020. The differences in individual parameters were tested using Pearson's chi-squared homogeneity test. There were no significant differences between the two periods in spontaneous pre-term births (
Identifiants
pubmed: 36767981
pii: ijerph20032614
doi: 10.3390/ijerph20032614
pmc: PMC9916022
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Observational Study
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
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