Association between COVID-19 mandatory lockdown and decreased incidence of preterm births and neonatal mortality
Previous studies suggest a decrease in preterm births (PTB) during de coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), possibly due to the effect of the mandatory lockdown. Nevertheless, other reports have been unable to confirm this finding. Most of these studies originated in high-income countries and evaluated a limited number of potential confounders, and all of them assessed a short lockdown period. In addition, an important question remains unanswered: How can we be sure that the observed changes are due to lockdown, when most of the pregnancies delivered in the lockdown period were conceived prior to it?To date there is insufficient evidence to support the notion that public health interventions during the lockdown prevent PTB . The aim of this study was to compare the incidence of PTB, neonatal mortality (NM) and stillbirths adjusted by potential confounders during the lockdown period assessing a time window of nine and a half months during which all the pregnancies analyzed in the exposed group were conceived after the lockdown, with the corresponding incidence in the previous year where all the unexposed pregnancies analyzed were conceived before the lockdown.
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Previous studies suggest a decrease in preterm births (PTB) during de coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), possibly due to the effect of the mandatory lockdown. Nevertheless, other reports have been unable to confirm this finding. Most of these studies originated in high-income countries and evaluated a limited number of potential confounders, and all of them assessed a short lockdown period. In addition, an important question remains unanswered: How can we be sure that the observed changes are due to lockdown, when most of the pregnancies delivered in the lockdown period were conceived prior to it?To date there is insufficient evidence to support the notion that public health interventions during the lockdown prevent PTB . The aim of this study was to compare the incidence of PTB, neonatal mortality (NM) and stillbirths adjusted by potential confounders during the lockdown period assessing a time window of nine and a half months during which all the pregnancies analyzed in the exposed group were conceived after the lockdown, with the corresponding incidence in the previous year where all the unexposed pregnancies analyzed were conceived before the lockdown. |
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Cuestas, Eduardo Gómez Flores, Martha E. Charras, María D. Peyrano, Alberto J. Montenegro, Clara Sosa-Boye, Ignacio Burgos, Verónica Giusti, Graciela Espósito, Mario Blanco Pool, Silvyana S. Gurevich, Debora P. Ahumada, Luis A. Pontoriero, Ricardo D. Rizzotti, Alina Bas, José I. Vaca, María B. Miranda, María J. Ferreyra, Mirta E. Moreno, Gabriela C. Pedicino, Héctor Rojas-Rios, Melvy |
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Association between COVID-19 mandatory lockdown and decreased incidence of preterm births and neonatal mortality |
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dig-unc-ar-11086-202042021-09-09T09:18:39Z Association between COVID-19 mandatory lockdown and decreased incidence of preterm births and neonatal mortality Cuestas, Eduardo Gómez Flores, Martha E. Charras, María D. Peyrano, Alberto J. Montenegro, Clara Sosa-Boye, Ignacio Burgos, Verónica Giusti, Graciela Espósito, Mario Blanco Pool, Silvyana S. Gurevich, Debora P. Ahumada, Luis A. Pontoriero, Ricardo D. Rizzotti, Alina Bas, José I. Vaca, María B. Miranda, María J. Ferreyra, Mirta E. Moreno, Gabriela C. Pedicino, Héctor Rojas-Rios, Melvy Covid 19 Preterm birth Pandemics Neonatal mortality Previous studies suggest a decrease in preterm births (PTB) during de coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), possibly due to the effect of the mandatory lockdown. Nevertheless, other reports have been unable to confirm this finding. Most of these studies originated in high-income countries and evaluated a limited number of potential confounders, and all of them assessed a short lockdown period. In addition, an important question remains unanswered: How can we be sure that the observed changes are due to lockdown, when most of the pregnancies delivered in the lockdown period were conceived prior to it?To date there is insufficient evidence to support the notion that public health interventions during the lockdown prevent PTB . The aim of this study was to compare the incidence of PTB, neonatal mortality (NM) and stillbirths adjusted by potential confounders during the lockdown period assessing a time window of nine and a half months during which all the pregnancies analyzed in the exposed group were conceived after the lockdown, with the corresponding incidence in the previous year where all the unexposed pregnancies analyzed were conceived before the lockdown. publishedVersion Fil: Cuestas, Eduardo. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Médicas; Argentina. Fil: Cuestas, Eduardo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la Salud; Argentina. Fil: Gómez Flores, Martha E. Gobierno de la Provincia de Buenos Aires. Hospital Doctor Ramon Carrillo; Argentina. Fil: Charras, María D. Gobierno de la Provincia de Buenos Aires. Hospital Doctor Ramon Carrillo; Argentina. Fil: Peyrano, Alberto J. Hospital Materno Provincial Dr. Raúl Felipe Lucini; Argentina. Fil: Montenegro, Clara. Hospital Materno Provincial Dr. Raúl Felipe Lucini; Argentina. Fil: Sosa-Boye, Ignacio. Clínica Universitaria Reina Fabiola; Argentina. Fil: Burgos, Verónica. Clínica Universitaria Reina Fabiola; Argentina. Fil: Giusti, Graciela. Clínica y Maternidad del Sol; Argentina. Fil: Espósito, Mario. Clínica y Maternidad del Sol; Argentina. Fil: Blanco Pool, Silvyana S. Hospital Misericordia Nuevo Siglo; Argentina. Fil: Blanco Pool, Silvyana S. Sanatorio Allende; Argentina. Fil: Gurevich, Debora P. Sanatorio Allende; Argentina. Fil: Gurevich, Debora P. Hospital Misericordia Nuevo Siglo; Argentina. Fil: Ahumada, Luis A. Sanatorio Allende; Argentina. Fil: Ahumada, Luis A. Hospital Misericordia Nuevo Siglo; Argentina. Fil: Pontoriero, Ricardo D. Hospital Misericordia Nuevo Siglo; Argentina. Fil: Rizzotti, Alina. Hospital Privado Universitario de Córdoba; Argentina. Fil: Bas, José I. Hospital Privado Universitario de Córdoba; Argentina. Fil: Vaca, María B. Hospital Universitario de Maternidad y Neonatología; Argentina. Fil: Miranda, María J. Hospital Universitario de Maternidad y Neonatología; Argentina. Fil: Ferreyra, Mirta E. Sanatorio del Salvador; Argentina. Fil: Ferreyra, Mirta E. Hospital Misericordia Nuevo Siglo; Argentina. Fil: Moreno, Gabriela C. Sanatorio del Salvador; Argentina. Fil: Pedicino, Héctor. Instituto Universidad Escuela de Medicina del Hospital Italiano; Argentina. Fil: Rojas-Rios, Melvy. Instituto Universidad Escuela de Medicina del Hospital Italiano; Argentina. 2021-09-08T03:05:21Z 2021-09-08T03:05:21Z 2021-05-28 article Cuestas, E., Gómez-Flores, M.E., Charras, M.D. et al. Association between COVID-19 mandatory lockdown and decreased incidence of preterm births and neonatal mortality. J Perinatol (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41372-021-01116-4 0743-8346 http://hdl.handle.net/11086/20204 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41372-021-01116-4 eng Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ |