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dc.contributor.authorMaslin, K.
dc.contributor.authorMcKeon-Carter, R.
dc.contributor.authorHosking, J.
dc.contributor.authorStockley, L.
dc.contributor.authorSouthby, C.
dc.contributor.authorShawe, J.
dc.contributor.authorLatour, Jos
dc.date.accessioned2023-12-26T06:37:06Z
dc.date.available2023-12-26T06:37:06Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.identifier.citationMaslin, K. and McKeon-Carter, R. and Hosking, J. and Stockley, L. and Southby, C. and Shawe, J. and Latour, J.M. 2022. Preterm births in South-West England before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: an audit of retrospective data. European Journal of Pediatrics. 181 (2): pp. 859-863.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/94043
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s00431-021-04265-y
dc.description.abstract

The COVID-19 lockdown had a series of intended and unintended consequences, including reduced infections and changes in activities and behaviours. Some of these changes may have been beneficial to perinatal outcomes; however, other factors such as reduced access to face-to-face healthcare may have contributed negatively to antenatal care. The aim of this audit was to evaluate neonatal admissions in the South-West of England during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and the previous two years 2018–2019. Anonymised birth and neonatal admission rates from January to December 2020 was obtained and compared to data from 2018 to 2019. The results demonstrate a decreasing in neonatal unit admissions between 2018 and 2020, 9.48% of live births in 2018 (95% CI 9.17, 9.80) to 8.89% (95% CI 8.65, 9.13) in 2020 (p = 0.002). Conclusion: There were no significant differences across gestational groups. It is unclear without nationwide data whether our observed trends, decreased neonatal admissions over the past 3 years, are generalisable and related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Future research exploring the impact of lockdowns on behaviour change during pregnancy and support services is warranted to understand the implications of pandemics on pregnancy and preterm birth.What is Known:• The COVID-19 lockdown had a series of intended and unintended consequences; some of which may have been beneficial to perinatal outcomes.• Research suggests that preterm births have not significantly changed overall, but they have decreased in high-income countries.What is New:• In our audit, analysing retrospective data of regional birth and neonatal admission from the South-West of England, we observed a decrease in live birth rates between 2018 and 2020.• A reduction in neonatal unit admissions was observed from 2018 to 2020 with no significant differences across gestational groups. The reduction from 2019 to 2020 was smaller than that from 2018 to 2019 implying that the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 was not necessarily implicated.

dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherSPRINGER
dc.subjectScience & Technology
dc.subjectLife Sciences & Biomedicine
dc.subjectPediatrics
dc.subjectBirth
dc.subjectCOVID-19
dc.subjectNeonatal intensive care units
dc.subjectNeonatology
dc.subjectPatient admissions
dc.subjectIMPACT
dc.subjectBirth
dc.subjectCOVID-19
dc.subjectNeonatal intensive care units
dc.subjectNeonatology
dc.subjectPatient admissions
dc.subjectCOVID-19
dc.subjectCommunicable Disease Control
dc.subjectFemale
dc.subjectHumans
dc.subjectInfant, Newborn
dc.subjectPandemics
dc.subjectPregnancy
dc.subjectPremature Birth
dc.subjectRetrospective Studies
dc.subjectSARS-CoV-2
dc.subjectHumans
dc.subjectPremature Birth
dc.subjectRetrospective Studies
dc.subjectCommunicable Disease Control
dc.subjectPregnancy
dc.subjectInfant, Newborn
dc.subjectFemale
dc.subjectPandemics
dc.subjectCOVID-19
dc.subjectSARS-CoV-2
dc.titlePreterm births in South-West England before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: an audit of retrospective data
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume181
dcterms.source.number2
dcterms.source.startPage859
dcterms.source.endPage863
dcterms.source.issn0340-6199
dcterms.source.titleEuropean Journal of Pediatrics
dc.date.updated2023-12-26T06:37:02Z
curtin.departmentCurtin School of Nursing
curtin.accessStatusFulltext not available
curtin.facultyFaculty of Health Sciences
curtin.contributor.orcidLatour, Jos [0000-0001-9677-8340] [0000-0002-8087-6461]
curtin.contributor.researcheridLatour, Jos [ABE-9521-2020]
dcterms.source.eissn1432-1076
curtin.contributor.scopusauthoridLatour, Jos [23019310400] [57218590755]
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