Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on the Utilization of Maternal Health Services in Chandigarh and Kalyani, West Bengal, India: A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study
The Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology of India(2024)
Abstract
Maternal health services may be adversely impacted during pandemics especially in the low- and middle-income countries. COVID-19 pandemic was such a situation. Here, we describe the status of maternal health services prior to and during the COVID-19 pandemic in India. A retrospective cross-sectional household-based survey was conducted among randomly selected 820 mothers with children less than 2 years in Chandigarh and Kalyani, West Bengal, to assess the utilization of antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal care services before March 2020 (pre-pandemic period, n = 413) and after March 2020 (pandemic period, n = 407). Data were managed using REDCap and were analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (version 25.0). Multivariate logistic regression analysis was used to estimate the adjusted odds ratios (aOR) and significant differences between groups at 95
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Key words
COVID-19 pandemic,Maternal health,Postnatal health services,Intrapartum health services,Healthcare utilization
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