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The impact of COVID-19-related restrictions on pregnancy and abortion rates in the Republic of Georgia

BMC health services research, 2023-12, Vol.23 (1), p.1435-1435, Article 1435 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

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Title:
The impact of COVID-19-related restrictions on pregnancy and abortion rates in the Republic of Georgia
Author: Khachidze, Nia ; Manjavidze, Tinatin ; Anda, Erik Eik ; Nedberg, Ingvild Hersoug ; Sandøy, Ingvild Fossgard ; Rylander, Charlotta
Subjects: Abortion ; Abortion rate ; Abortion services ; Abortion, Induced ; Age groups ; Birth control ; Birth rate ; Birth registry ; Childbirth & labor ; Communicable Disease Control ; Control ; COVID-19 ; COVID-19 - epidemiology ; COVID-19 diagnostic tests ; Curfews ; Diagnosis ; Disease transmission ; Displaced persons ; Economic conditions ; Epidemics ; Female ; Georgia ; Georgia (Republic) - epidemiology ; Gestational age ; Humans ; Lockdown ; Norway ; Obstetrics ; Pandemics ; Post-Acute COVID-19 Syndrome ; Postpartum period ; Pregnancy ; Pregnancy rate ; Restrictions ; Teenagers ; Telemedicine ; Unemployment ; Womens health
Is Part Of: BMC health services research, 2023-12, Vol.23 (1), p.1435-1435, Article 1435
Description: The Republic of Georgia implemented COVID-19-related restrictions starting on 31 March 2020, when it imposed a 1-month strict lockdown, after which the country continued with some form of restrictions for 1 year. These restrictions created barriers to healthcare access, affected healthcare services, caused severe economic degradation, and changed reproductive behavior. The aim of this study was to explore the impact of COVID-19-related restrictions on pregnancy and abortion rates in Georgia. Information on pregnancy, abortion, and related variables was extracted from the Georgian Birth Registry from January 2018 through April 2022. The final study sample included 232,594 pregnancies and 86,729 abortions. We used interrupted time series analysis to study the impact of COVID-19-related restrictions. There were slightly decreasing trends in pregnancy and abortion rates in the pre-pandemic period (1 January 2018-31 March 2020). During the 1-month strict lockdown (1 April-30 April 2020), pregnancy and abortion rates decreased in all investigated age groups. There were no substantial differences in pregnancy or abortion rates in the pandemic period (for pregnancies: 1 April 2020-30 June 2021; for abortions: 1 April 2020-30 April 2022) compared to the pre-pandemic period. The precision of all estimates suggested that both small increases and decreases in pregnancy and abortion rates are reasonably compatible with our data. Despite the 1-year-long COVID-19-related restrictions, our results did not indicate substantial long-term changes in pregnancy or abortion rates during the study period for any age group. This may indicate that the restrictions did not substantially influence access to contraception, abortion services, or reproductive behavior.
Publisher: England: BioMed Central Ltd
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 1472-6963
EISSN: 1472-6963
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-023-10417-7
PMID: 38110928
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