Incidence of Cesarean Section Delivery before and during the Covid-19 Pandemic

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10.2991/978-94-6463-392-4_9How to use a DOI?

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Section Caesarean; Pandemic Covid-19; Reproductive Health

Abstract

Covid-19 disease has changed the health status of the world. Pregnant women are one of the groups at high risk of Covid-19 disease due to changes in the immune system and physiology during pregnancy which is vulnerable to infection. Restrictions on access to health services in a pandemic situation affect health problems that are not identified early, especially the health of pregnant women and the fetus such as preeclampsia, anemia, bleeding, and low birth weight (LBW). Health complications in pregnant women and the fetus have the potential to become a complication during childbirth which has an impact on increasing the rate of Caesarean Section (CS) delivery. This study aimed to describe the incidence of CS deliveries and analysis health problems in pregnant women and fetus before and during the Covid-19 pandemic in Kendari City. The most dominant increase in CS deliveries was during the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 and 2021 with 1,593 cases and 1,730 cases, respectively. The highest number of labor complications before the Covid-19 pandemic in 2018 and 2019 came from fetal health problems with 154 (42.8%) cases and 165 (47.6%) cases, respectively. During the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 and 2021, the highest number of maternal and fetal health problems were 234 (41.1%) cases and 315 (45.1%) cases. The number of CS deliveries with Covid-19 diagnoses in 2020 was 2 (0.4%) cases and in 2021 was 4 (0.6%) cases. The prevalence of CS deliveries before and during the Covid-19 pandemic at the Kendari City Hospital increased by 28%. Indirect effects during the Covid-19 pandemic such as restrictions on access to health services, lack of control over reproductive health, and people’s fear of Covid-19 disease were suggested to be triggers for the increase in CS deliveries.

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AU  - Nur Fitriah Jumatrin
AU  - Herman Herman
PY  - 2024
DA  - 2024/04/22
TI  - Incidence of Cesarean Section Delivery before and during the Covid-19 Pandemic
BT  - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference Medical and Health Science Halu Oleo (IMHO 2023)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 81
EP  - 91
SN  - 2468-5739
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DO  - 10.2991/978-94-6463-392-4_9
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