{"id":263442,"date":"2021-04-10T10:19:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-10T14:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oviahealth.com\/?p=263442"},"modified":"2022-06-21T10:24:32","modified_gmt":"2022-06-21T14:24:32","slug":"changes-in-pregnancy-delivery-outcomes-during-the-covid-19-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oviahealth.com\/blog\/changes-in-pregnancy-delivery-outcomes-during-the-covid-19-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"Changes in Pregnancy Delivery Outcomes During the COVID-19 Pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Delivery Outcomes During the COVID-19 Pandemic as Reported in a Pregnancy Mobile App: Retrospective Cohort Study. JMIR Pediatr Parent 2021;4(4):e27769<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Given obstetric care rapidly changed during the COVID-19 pandemic, Ovia set out to better understand how delivery outcomes were changing. We analyzed over 300,000 births (half reported pre-pandemic, half reported post-pandemic) and found that the post-pandemic cohort reported a 5% decrease in preterm birth rates, a 30% increase in home birth rates, and 7% decrease in average length of stay at the hospital post-delivery. There were no differences in C-section rates between groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-plum-background-color has-text-color has-background\" href=\"https:\/\/pediatrics.jmir.org\/2021\/4\/e27769\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Download the study<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Delivery Outcomes During the COVID-19 Pandemic as Reported in a Pregnancy Mobile App: Retrospective Cohort Study. 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