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ArticleBMC pregnancy and childbirth2022

Pregnancy during COVID-19: social contact patterns and vaccine coverage of pregnant women from CoMix in 19 European countries.

Kerry L M Wong, Amy Gimma, Enny S Paixao, CoMix Europe Working Group, Christel Faes, Philippe Beutels, Niel Hens, Christopher I Jarvis, W John Edmunds

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Article in BMC pregnancy and childbirth, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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9 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Kerry L M WongDepartment of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London, WC1E 7HT, UK. Kerry.wong@lshtm.ac.uk.
Amy GimmaDepartment of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London, WC1E 7HT, UK.
Enny S PaixaoDepartment of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London, WC1E 7HT, UK.
CoMix Europe Working Group
Christel FaesData Science Institute and I-BioStat, Hasselt University, Hasselt, Belgium.
Philippe BeutelsCentre for Health Economics Research and Modelling Infectious Diseases, Vaccine and Infectious Disease Institute, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.
Niel HensData Science Institute and I-BioStat, Hasselt University, Hasselt, Belgium.
Christopher I JarvisDepartment of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London, WC1E 7HT, UK.
W John EdmundsDepartment of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London, WC1E 7HT, UK.
University of London · GBUniversity of Antwerp · BEHasselt University · BE

Funding

Medical Research Council MC_PC_19065Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust 213589/Z/18/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundEvidence and advice for pregnant women evolved during the COVID-19 pandemic. We studied social contact behaviour and vaccine uptake in pregnant women between March 2020 and September 2021 in 19 European countries.

methodsIn each country, repeated online survey data were collected from a panel of nationally-representative participants. We calculated the adjusted mean number of contacts reported with an individual-level generalized additive mixed model, modelled using the negative binomial distribution and a log link function. Mean proportion of people in isolation or quarantine, and vaccination coverage by pregnancy status and gender were calculated using a clustered bootstrap.

findingsWe recorded 4,129 observations from 1,041 pregnant women, and 115,359 observations from 29,860 non-pregnant individuals aged 18-49. Pregnant women made slightly fewer contacts (3.6, 95%CI = 3.5-3.7) than non-pregnant women (4.0, 95%CI = 3.9-4.0), driven by fewer work contacts but marginally more contacts in non-essential social settings. Approximately 15-20% pregnant and 5% of non-pregnant individuals reported to be in isolation and quarantine for large parts of the study period. COVID-19 vaccine coverage was higher in pregnant women than in non-pregnant women between January and April 2021. Since May 2021, vaccination in non-pregnant women began to increase and surpassed that in pregnant women.

interpretationLimited social contact to avoid pathogen exposure during the COVID-19 pandemic has been a challenge to many, especially women going through pregnancy. More recognition of maternal social support desire is needed in the ongoing pandemic. As COVID-19 vaccination continues to remain an important pillar of outbreak response, strategies to promote correct information can provide reassurance and facilitate informed pregnancy vaccine decisions in this vulnerable group.

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COVID-19VaccinesCOVID-19 VaccinesFemaleHumansPandemicsPregnancyPregnant PeopleVaccinationCOVID-19 VaccinesVaccinesContact surveyCOVID-19EuropeLockdownsPregnancySocial contact

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