Pregnancies and births in times of COVID-19

• Published in: Acta paulista de enfermagem 2024-01, Vol.37
• Main Authors: Ruiz, Mariana Torreglosa, Angotti, Hillary Florença Tobias, Silva, Jéssica Aparecida da, Borges, Érica Beatriz Oliveira, Wernet, Monika, Fonseca, Luciana Mara Monti, Bussadori, Jamile Claro de Castro, Resende, Cynthya Viana de
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• ISSN: 0103-2100; 1982-0194
• DOI: 10.37689/acta-ape/2024AO0013811

Objective Identify the profile of births of pregnancies of women with internet access who were infected with SARS-CoV-2 and their outcomes. Methods Cross-sectional study integrated into a prospective cohort, with collection between August 2021 and February 2022, based on the responses of 304 women who had pregnancies and/or deliveries during the pandemic period. Results Of the total, 25.7% of the interviewees had COVID-19, with a predominance of diagnoses in the third quarter. Complaints of anosmia, fatigue and headache prevailed as related to the infection. The variables using the Unified Health System for care (p = 0.084); gestational diabetes (p = 0.141); low birth weight (p = 0.117); need for admission to a neonatal unit (p = 0.120) were included in the regression model because they had p values lower than 0.20. The variable referring to the type of delivery (p=1.000) was inserted in the model because it is a variable of interest and with a description of relevance in the literature. Prematurity was the only variable that was statistically associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection during pregnancy (p = 0.008) in the bivariate analysis, explaining the outcome of infection during pregnancy (