Socioeconomic disparities in changes to preterm birth and stillbirth rates during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic: a study of 21 European countries
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
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Alternative codes found
RIV/00216208:11120/24:43927284
Result on the web
<a href="https://academic.oup.com/eurpub/article/34/Supplement_1/i58/7701776?login=false" target="_blank" >https://academic.oup.com/eurpub/article/34/Supplement_1/i58/7701776?login=false</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckad186" target="_blank" >10.1093/eurpub/ckad186</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Socioeconomic disparities in changes to preterm birth and stillbirth rates during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic: a study of 21 European countries
Original language description
Background Despite concerns about worsening pregnancy outcomes resulting from healthcare restrictions, economic difficulties and increased stress during the COVID-19 pandemic, preterm birth (PTB) rates declined in some countries in 2020, while stillbirth rates appeared stable. Like other shocks, the pandemic may have exacerbated existing socioeconomic disparities in pregnancy, but this remains to be established. Our objective was to investigate changes in PTB and stillbirth by socioeconomic status (SES) in European countries.Methods The Euro-Peristat network implemented this study within the Population Health Information Research Infrastructure (PHIRI) project. A common data model was developed to collect aggregated tables from routine birth data for 2015-2020. SES was based on mother's educational level or area-level deprivation/maternal occupation if education was unavailable and harmonized into low, medium and high SES. Country-specific relative risks (RRs) of PTB and stillbirth for March to December 2020, adjusted for linear trends from 2015 to 2019, by SES group were pooled using random effects meta-analysis.Results Twenty-one countries provided data on perinatal outcomes by SES. PTB declined by an average 4% in 2020 {pooled RR: 0.96 [95% confidence intervals (CIs): 0.94-0.97]} with similar estimates across all SES groups. Stillbirths rose by 5% [RR: 1.05 (95% CI: 0.99-1.10)], with increases of between 3 and 6% across the three SES groups, with overlapping confidence limits.Conclusions PTB decreases were similar regardless of SES group, while stillbirth rates rose without marked differences between groups.
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
30304 - Public and environmental health
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
N - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z neverejnych zdroju
Others
Publication year
2024
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
ISSN
1101-1262
e-ISSN
1464-360X
Volume of the periodical
34
Issue of the periodical within the volume
Supplement_1; Special IssueSI
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
9
Pages from-to
i58-i66
UT code for WoS article
001259549300010
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85197624609