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AUTHOR(S) J. P. Dadhich; Nupur Bidla
AUTHOR(S) Nira R. Pollock; David Berlin; Sandra C. Smole (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Zahra Alipoura; Parisa Samadib; Narges Eskandari (et al.)
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), has caused many deaths and complications worldwide. However, limited data are available about COVID-19 during pregnancy. This study aimed to assess the epidemiological and clinical features of COVID-19, and the adverse maternal and fetal outcomes. This retrospective analytical cohort study was conducted on all pregnant women with confirmed COVID-19 at Nekouei-Hedayati-Forghani Hospital in Qom, Iran from 15 March 2020 to 15 November 2020. For the same period, 165 pregnant women who did not have COVID-19 were selected at random and included in this study. All epidemiological and clinical features were collected from the medical records of the participants. A logistic regression model was used to determine associations between COVID-19 in pregnancy and maternal and fetal outcomes.
AUTHOR(S) Yossef Alnasser; Mahdi A. Alnamnakani; Jawahir M. Abuhaimed (et al.)
Vaccines have helped in eradicating many communicable diseases. They are considered major players in preserving children's health. However, concerns about vaccines' ingredients and safety became hot topics globally. With doubt, some parents became hesitant to vaccinate their children. A recent study documented high prevalence of vaccine hesitancy among Saudi parents. This study aims to explore preparedness of current and future pediatricians to face vaccine hesitancy, a growing public health issue in Saudi Arabia. This study adopted non-interventional cross-sectional online questionnaire specifically designed to encompass general vaccine hesitancy related questions including Covid-19's vaccines.
AUTHOR(S) Alexander Joachim; Felix Dewald; Isabelle Suárez (et al.)
The extent to which children and adolescents contribute to SARS-CoV-2 transmission remains not fully understood. Novel high-capacity testing methods may provide real-time epidemiological data in educational settings helping to establish a rational approach to prevent and minimize SARS-CoV-2 transmission. This study investigated whether pooling of samples for SARS-CoV-2 detection by RT-qPCR is a sensitive and feasible high-capacity diagnostic strategy for surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 infections in schools. In this study, students and school staff of 14 educational facilities in Germany were tested sequentially between November 9 and December 23, 2020, two or three times per week for at least three consecutive weeks. Participants were randomized for evaluation of two different age adjusted swab sampling methods (oropharyngeal swabs or buccal swabs compared to saliva swabs using a ‘lolli method’).
AUTHOR(S) Marcelino Pérez-Bermejo; Belén Peris-Ochando; María Teresa Murillo-Llorente
AUTHOR(S) Shewangizaw Hailemariam; Besufekad Mekonnen; Nigusie Shifera (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Regan N. Theiler; Myra Wick; Ramila Mehta (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Keri Carvalho; Anna Kheyfets; Blessing Lawrence (et al.)
Due to the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on communities of color, racial disparities in maternal mortality and morbidity are likely to increase. However, neighborhood and social support factors have yet to be discussed as potential mechanisms by which COVID-19 can exacerbate racial disparities. This study examined literature on the role of neighborhood factors and social support on maternal health outcomes and provided analytical perspective on the potential impacts of COVID-19 on Black birthing people.
AUTHOR(S) Dariusz Krok; Beata Zarzycka; Ewa Telka
AUTHOR(S) Fahimeh Ranjbar; Leila Allahqoli; Soheila Ahmadi (et al.)
The Covid-19 pandemic response is influencing maternal and neonatal health care services especially in developing countries. However, the indirect effects of Covid-19 on pregnancy outcomes remain unknown. The aim of the present study was to compare pregnancy outcomes before and after the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic in Iran. We performed a retrospective analysis of the medical records of 2,503 pregnant women with singleton pregnancies, admitted to the maternity department of a women’s hospital in Tehran, Iran, during the pre-Covid-19 pandemic (February 19 to April 19, 2019) and the intra-Covid- 19 pandemic (February 19 to April 19, 2020) period.
AUTHOR(S) Leena R. Baghdadi; Marwah M. Hassounah; Afnan Younis (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Timothy J. Hilbert; Candace Brancato; Kelsey Carter (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Lise Boey; Mathieu Roelants; Joanna Merckx (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Maryam Ahmad Zadeh Beheshti; Zainab Alimoradib; Nasim Bahrami (et al.)
Breastfeeding self-efficacy (BSE) is a strong predictor of the duration of breastfeeding. The aim of this study is to determine the predictors of BSE in breastfeeding mothers during the Covid-19 pandemic. A cross-sectional study was conducted with 300 breastfeeding mothers who breastfed during the Covid-19 pandemic. Convenience sampling was used to recruit participants. A battery of online questionnaires measured sociodemographic and obstetric characteristics, breastfeeding self-efficacy, spouse postpartum social support, perceived social support, anxiety and depression, and fear of Covid-19. Data were analyzed using Pearson correlation coefficients, one-way ANOVA, and multivariable linear regression via stepwise method. The significance level in this study was α = 0.05.
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