Situation of coronavirus disease 2019 in pregnant women and factors associated with disease severity, delivery and neonatal outcome in Health Region 2, 2021

Abstract

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an epidemic which the infection of the coronavirus 2019 has a severe impact to infected person. The purpose of this study was to examine the situation of Coronavirus 2019 infection pregnant women and to determine the relationship of pregnant women infected with coronavirus 2019 to the severity of pregnancy symptons, childbirth and newborn. This research is a descriptive study in the Health Center 2, collecting data from 1 March 2021 to 31 December 2021 by using the report form of pregnant women infected with COVID-19 within 6 weeks and newborns. According to the study, 9.68% of 444 pregnant women infected with the coronavirus 2019 are dead or pneumonia, mostly 20-30 years old (4.73% pneumonia/died). Most of infected people were in the third trimester (28-42 weeks gestational age) with 7.43& of death and pneumonia. This study found that the gestational age of pregnant women was significantly associated with disease severity (p = .000). 9.46% of lack of vaccinations are pneumonia/death. The mean gestational age of childbirth was 37.84, preterm childbirth was 17.16%. Birth weight less than 2,500 grams was 19.80% and pneumonia/death 3.30%.