ReviewAnaesthesia2021
Pandemics and maternal health: the indirect effects of COVID-19.
Review in Anaesthesia, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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32 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 79 citations in OpenAlex.
- Mental Health Symptom Changes by Sex or Gender Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.JAMA network open · 2026Pooled it
- Effectiveness of Mental Health Apps for Distress During COVID-19 in US Unemployed and Essential Workers: Remote Pragmatic Randomized Clinical Trial.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2022Trial
- The effects of COVID-19 on reproductive, maternal, neonatal, and child health service provision and utilisation: qualitative results from Burkina Faso and Mozambique.Journal of global health · 2026Article
- The impact of COVID-19 on women's mental health and coping during pregnancy and postpartum.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Bridging disciplinary siloes: a scoping review on the inclusion and exclusion of pregnant and lactating populations in clinical research.BMJ public health · 2026Article
- The inclusion of pregnant women in research during disease outbreaks globally: A scoping review.Revista latino-americana de enfermagem · 2025Article
- Analysing space-time patterns of maternal mortality attributed to anaemia in Karnataka, India: a spatial epidemiological study.BMJ public health · 2024Article
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- COVID-19 pandemic, pregnancy care, perinatal outcomes in Eastern Myanmar and North-Western Thailand: a retrospective marginalised population cohort.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2024Article
- Evaluating the impact of COVID-19 outbreak on hepatitis B and forecasting the epidemiological trend in mainland China: a causal analysis.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Factors associated with hospitalizations and deaths of pregnant women from Paraná due to COVID-19: a cross-sectional study.Revista brasileira de epidemiologia = Brazilian journal of epidemiology · 2024Observational
- Unveiling the intersection: exploring obstetric violence in the Era of COVID-19 in Ecuador.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Navigation of Knowledge: the Impact of COVID-19 on Pregnancy-a Bibliometric Analysis.Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) · 2023Article
- Assessing the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on maternal healthcare usage: evidence from routine health data in Kenya and Ethiopia.BMJ public health · 2023Article
- A History of COVID-19 in Pregnancy: A Narrative Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Review
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- Assessing safe and personalised maternity and neonatal care through a pandemic: a case study of outcomes and experiences in two trusts in England using the ASPIRE COVID-19 framework.BMC health services research · 2023Article
- The impact of COVID-19 on the birth rate in Nigeria: a report from population-based registries.Infectious diseases research · 2023Article
- Leveraging electronic logistics management information systems to enhance and optimize supply chain response during public health emergencies: lessons from COVID-19 response in Uganda.Journal of pharmaceutical policy and practice · 2023Review
- Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Births, Vaginal Deliveries, Cesarian Sections, and Maternal Mortality in a Brazilian Metropolitan Area: A Time-Series Cohort Study.International journal of women's health · 2023Article
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2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Infectious diseases can directly affect women and men differently. During the COVID-19 pandemic, higher case fatality rates have been observed in men in most countries. There is growing evidence, however, that while organisational changes to healthcare delivery have occurred to protect those vulnerable to the virus (staff and patients), these may lead to indirect, potentially harmful consequences, particularly to vulnerable groups including pregnant women. These encompass reduced access to antenatal and postnatal care, with a lack of in-person clinics impacting the ability to screen for physical, psychological and social issues such as elevated blood pressure, mental health issues and sex-based violence. Indirect consequences also encompass a lack of equity when considering the inclusion of pregnant women in COVID-19 research and their absence from vaccine trials, leading to a lack of safety data for breastfeeding and pregnant women. The risk-benefit analysis of these changes to healthcare delivery remains to be fully evaluated, but the battle against COVID-19 cannot come at the expense of losing existing quality standards in other areas of healthcare, especially for maternal health.
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