@article{Overbeck_G-2020_6118,
title = {Pregnant women’s concerns and antenatal care during Covid-19 lockdown of the Danish society},
author = {Overbeck, G. and Graungaard, A. and Rasmussen, I. and Høgsgaard Andersen, J. and Kragstrup, J. and Wilson, P. and Ertmann, R.},
month = {nov},
year = {2020},
abstract = {Introduction:Pandemics are known to cause stress and anxiety in pregnant women. During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) lockdown of the Danish society, pregnant women were considered to be at increased risk, and access to antenatal care changed.Methods:On 8 April 2020A, a questionnaire was sent to 332 pregnant women previously sampled by general practitioners in two Danish regions. The women were contacted via secured e-mail (e-Boks), and questionnaires were returned until 6 May.Results:The questionnaire was returned by 257 women (77%). More than half believed that they were at a high risk of infection with COVID-19, and a third of the women were concerned about the risk of serious disease - especially for their unborn child. Almost 90% isolated at home most of the time. The majority were worried about possible consequences of the pandemic for antenatal care, but very few had actually missed a scheduled preventive consultation with their general practitioner, and only 15% had missed an appointment with their midwife. The majority of the women preferred normal consultations and found no added safety in shifting the consultation from the normal clinical setting.Conclusions:The COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown have had a major impact on Danish pregnant women. Even so, concerns were more focused on access to care than on the risk of COVID-19 infection. Contacts with the antenatal healthcare system have only been moderately affected.Funding:TRYG Foundation and KEU, Region Copenhagen.Trial registration:not relevant.},
volume = {67},
issue = {12},
journal = {Danish Medical Journal},
publisher = {Danish Medical Journal},
url = {https://publichealthscotland.scot/id/6118},
}
