Impact of COVID-19 on pregnant women in South Korea: Focusing on prevalence, severity, and clinical outcomes

In the era of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, there is a paucity of information regarding actual prevalence of COVID-19 in pregnant women compared to non-pregnant women. The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence of COVID-19 infection and clinical outcome in pregnant w...

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Published in:Journal of infection and public health 2022-02, Vol.15 (2), p.270-276
Main Authors: Kim, So Hee, Choi, Yeonmi, Lee, Dokyoung, Lee, Hyejin, Kim, Ji Hoi, Choi, Eun Saem, Jung, Young Mi, Lee, Jinwoo, Choe, Pyoeng Gyun, Lee, Ji Yoon, Do, Youngme, Park, Chan-Wook, Park, Joong Shin, Jun, Jong Kwan, Lee, Seung Mi, Lee, Jin Yong
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
COVID-19
Cross-Sectional Studies
Female
Humans
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious - epidemiology
Pregnancy Outcome - epidemiology
Pregnant Women
Prevalence
SARS-CoV-2
Severity
Young Adult
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Summary:In the era of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, there is a paucity of information regarding actual prevalence of COVID-19 in pregnant women compared to non-pregnant women. The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence of COVID-19 infection and clinical outcome in pregnant women and non-pregnant women. This is a nationwide cross-sectional study in South Korea between January 2020 and February 2021 using the claim database. The primary outcome was the prevalence of COVID-19 in pregnant women, and the secondary outcome was the occurrence of severe COVID-19 illness among infected patients. Severity of COVID-19 was classified into four categories according to WHO ordinal scale. The prevalence of COVID-19 infection was lower in pregnant women than non-pregnant women aged 20–44 (0·02% vs. 0.14%, p 
ISSN:1876-0341
1876-035X
DOI:10.1016/j.jiph.2022.01.004