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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author Stansfield, Scott
Rattan, Arsheeya
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description 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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spelling pubmed-91114022022-05-17 Impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic and multiple community lockdowns on total live birth rates and preterm births in Melbourne, Australia Stansfield, Scott Rattan, Arsheeya Mol, Ben W. Rolnik, Daniel L. Malhotra, Atul Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol Short Communications 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. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022-04-08 /pmc/articles/PMC9111402/ /pubmed/35394060 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ajo.13527 Text en © 2022 The Authors. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title Impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic and multiple community lockdowns on total live birth rates and preterm births in Melbourne, Australia
title_full Impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic and multiple community lockdowns on total live birth rates and preterm births in Melbourne, Australia
title_fullStr Impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic and multiple community lockdowns on total live birth rates and preterm births in Melbourne, Australia
title_full_unstemmed Impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic and multiple community lockdowns on total live birth rates and preterm births in Melbourne, Australia
title_short Impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic and multiple community lockdowns on total live birth rates and preterm births in Melbourne, Australia
title_sort impact of the covid‐19 pandemic and multiple community lockdowns on total live birth rates and preterm births in melbourne, australia
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9111402/
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