COVID-19 outcomes among pregnant and nonpregnant women at reproductive age in Egypt.
J Public Health (Oxf)
; 43(Suppl 3): iii12-iii18, 2021 12 08.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1605198
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
To describe demographic, clinical and epidemiological characteristics of pregnant and nonpregnant women with confirmed COVID-19 at reproductive age and determine risk factors of COVID-19 severe outcomes during pregnancy.METHODS:
A retrospective study for females aged 18-49 with confirmed COVID-19 by RT-PCR in Egypt, February-July 2020. Data were obtained from Egypt National Surveillance, bivariate and multivariate analysis for demographic and clinical characteristics and outcomes of COVID-19 between pregnant and nonpregnant women including ICU admission, need for ventilator and death was performed.RESULTS:
A total of 23 095 females were identified, with mean (SD) age of 35.1 (8.1) year. Of those, 408 (1.8%) were pregnant, with mean (SD) age of 29.3 (8.1) years. Compared to nonpregnant, pregnant patients were more likely to be admitted to hospital (OR = 1.7 CI = 1.4-2.1), ICU (OR = 2.4, CI = 1.3-4.3), need ventilator (OR = 3.9, CI = 2.1-7.4) and have severe outcome (OR = 3.0, CI = 1.9-4.7). Factors associated with severe outcome included pregnancy, age > 30 years, underlying medical conditions, and living in rural areas.CONCLUSION:
Pregnant women with COVID-19 are at higher risk of severe symptoms and outcome including ICU admission, requiring ventilator and death. To reduce risk of severe outcome, counseling about for seeking medical care and health education about COVID-19 preventive measures should be performed.Keywords
Full text:
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Pregnancy
Country/Region as subject:
Africa
Language:
English
Journal:
J Public Health (Oxf)
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Pubmed
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