TY - JOUR
AU - Calvert, Clara
AU - Brockway, Meredith
AU - Zoega, Helga
AU - Miller, Jessica E.
AU - Been, Jasper V.
AU - Amegah, Adeladza Kofi
AU - Eradat Oskoui, Solmaz
AU - Hunter, Karen
AU - Mulholland, Rachel H.
AU - Wood, Rachael
AU - Sheikh, Aziz
AU - Stock, Sarah J E
AU - Racine-Poon, Amy
AU - Abok, Ishaya I.
AU - Aghaeepour, Nima
AU - Akwaowo, Christie D.
AU - Alshaikh, Belal N.
AU - Ayede,  Adejumoke I.
AU - Bacchini, Fabiana
AU - Barekatain, Behzad
AU - Barnes, Rodrigo
AU - Bebak, Karolina
AU - Berard, Anick
AU - Bhutta, Zulfiqar A.
AU - Brook, Jeffrey R.
AU - Bryan, Lenroy R.
AU - Cajachagua-Torres, Kim N.
AU - Campbell-Yeo, Marsha
AU - Azad, Meghan B.
PY - 2023
DA - February
TI - Changes in preterm birth and stillbirth during COVID-19 lockdowns in 26 countries
JO - Nature Human Behaviour
DO - https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-023-01522-y
AB - Preterm birth (PTB) is the leading cause of infant mortality worldwide. Changes in PTB rates, ranging from -90% to +30%, were reported in many countries following early COVID-19 pandemic response measures (“lockdowns”). It is unclear whether this variation reflects real differences in lockdown impacts, or perhaps differences in stillbirth rates and/or study designs. We present interrupted time series and meta-analyses using harmonized data from 52 million births in 26 countries, 18 of which had representative population-based data, with overall PTB rates ranging from 6% to 12% and stillbirth ranging from 2.5 to 10.5 per 1,000 births. Here we show small reductions in PTB in the first [odds ratio 0.96, 95% confidence interval 0.95-0.98, p-value
PB - Springer Nature
UR - https://www.research.ed.ac.uk/en/publications/da163323-72bf-447c-bb54-8299721d0cf3
KW - Coronavirus (COVID-19)
KW - Maternity and early years
ER