NCT04910958

Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Early Spontaneous Abortions and Early Termination of Pregnancy

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 411 (actual)
• Sponsor: Hillel Yaffe Medical Center · Other Government
• Sex: Female
• Age: 16 Years – 45 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

To see the impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had on early spontaneous abortions and early termination of pregnancy in the first trimester

Detailed description

To date, the research has focused on the complications of SARS-CoV-2 in pregnant women. There is no research in the literature that has compared the rates and behavior of miscarriage during the time of the COVID-19 pandemic to before the time of the pandemic. As described in the literature, there is an established connection between COVID-19 and stress, anxiety, and depression. There is also an established connection between stress, anxiety, and depression and rates of miscarriage. The investigators hereby wish to analyze the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on miscarriages. In this study, The investigators will analyze the number of early missed abortions and number of termination of pregnancies in the first trimester before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. The investigators will also analyze the time interval between diagnosis of missed abortion and attendance to E.R in missed abortions during the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, The investigators will be comparing the reasons for termination of pregnancy during this time, as well as analyzing age, religion, and demographic variables during the COVID-19 pandemic compared to years prior.

Conditions

• Termination of Pregnancy
• Covid19
• Pregnancy Loss

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-01-06
• Primary completion: 2022-08-09
• Completion: 2022-08-09
• First posted: 2021-06-02
• Last updated: 2022-12-06

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Israel