Impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic and multiple community lockdowns on total live birth rates and preterm births in Melbourne, Australia

We evaluated the impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic and Melbourne's multiple community lockdowns (between 2020–21) on total live birth rates and preterm births in a large health network. Analysis revealed a decrease in total live birth rates following easing of initial lockdowns, and a sharp incre...

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Autores principales: Stansfield, Scott, Rattan, Arsheeya, Mol, Ben W., Rolnik, Daniel L., Malhotra, Atul
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022
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Short Communications
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9111402/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35394060
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ajo.13527
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Sumario:We evaluated the impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic and Melbourne's multiple community lockdowns (between 2020–21) on total live birth rates and preterm births in a large health network. Analysis revealed a decrease in total live birth rates following easing of initial lockdowns, and a sharp increase in births at one stage in between lockdowns. The proportion and number of preterm births (<37 weeks gestation) decreased at the start of initial lockdowns with the strongest decrease after the end of the second lockdown period. Births <34 weeks gestation also decreased during lockdowns, but no significant change was identified for births <28 weeks gestation.

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