First follow-up of art pregnancies in the context of the COVID-19 outbreak.
Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol
; 253: 71-75, 2020 Oct.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-720509
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
The aims of this study were to follow up the monitoring, health and anxiety from women who became pregnant after an embryo transfer or a intrauterine insemination during the COVID-19 epidemic in France STUDYDESIGN:
This is a single centre, retrospective study from December 2019 to March 2020 based on a phone call interview using a specific questionnaire sheet specially developed for this study. Questionnaires from 104 pregnant women were completed and descriptive data are then analyzed.RESULTS:
Women with ongoing pregnancies (nâ¯=â¯88) did not change their physician visits. The COVID-19 outbreak has created no or few additional stresses for 77 % of pregnant women since the lockdown started. We report a miscarriage rate of 14.4 % (nâ¯=â¯15) and documented 10 patients (11.3 %) who had symptoms related to COVID-19. No severe symptoms and no hospitalization in intensive care unit were identified.CONCLUSION:
The epidemic context did not disrupt the medical monitoring of pregnancies and we did not recover an increased rate of miscarriage after ART. None of the patients who had COVID-related symptoms presented with severe clinical manifestations. Surprisingly, pregnant women were psychologically able to experience the lockdown.Keywords
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Quarantine
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Pregnancy Rate
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Reproductive Techniques, Assisted
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Pandemics
Type of study:
Cohort study
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Qualitative research
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Pregnancy
Country/Region as subject:
Europa
Language:
English
Journal:
Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
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