The Impact Of The Covid-19 Pandemic On Maternal And Preinatal Health – A systematic Research from databases

Abstract

Introduction:
The Covid-19 epidemic has direct and indirect consequences on maternal health, and the direct and indirect
effects are interwoven. We did a scoping assessment to provide a full understanding of this wide topic in a
timely manner, as befitting an emerging pandemic.
Methods:
A scoping study was done to consolidate evidence on the pandemic's direct and indirect effects on maternal
health, as well as to provide a summary of the most important outcomes to date. In order to capture rapidly
evolving updates, working papers and news articles were considered appropriate evidence alongside peerreviewed publications. If it related to the direct or indirect effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the physical,
emotional, economic, or social health and wellbeing of pregnant women, literature in English published between
January 1st and September 11th 2020 was included. The authors wrote narrative summaries on the subject areas
where they discovered the most evidence.
Results:
A total of 396 publications were found, with 95 of them being included in the analysis. Pregnant women were
shown to have a higher likelihood of experiencing more severe symptoms than non-pregnant women. It seemed
unlikely that intrauterine, vertical, or breastfeeding transmission would occur. COVID-19 positive individuals
have different labour, birth, and breastfeeding protocols. There was a significant increase in maternal mental
health disorders, such as clinically relevant anxiety and depression. Women were more likely than males to lose
their jobs as a result of the epidemic, and working moms faced greater childcare duties.
Conclusion:
Pregnant women and mothers were not shown to be at a higher risk of COVID-19 infection than non-pregnant
persons, but pregnant people with symptomatic COVID-19 may have more negative outcomes than nonpregnant people and appear to incur disproportionately negative socio-economic repercussions. High-income
countries, as well as low- and middle-income countries, faced considerable challenges. More money should be
spent on high-quality epidemiological investigations.