Autor(es):
Wong, Kerry L.M. ; Gimma, Amy ; Paixao, Enny ; Paolotti, Daniela ; Karch, André ; Jäger, Veronika ; Baruch, Joaquin ; Melillo, Tanya ; Hudeckova, Henrieta ; Rosińska-Bukowska, Magdalena ; Niedźwiedzka-Stadnik, Marta ; Fischer, Krista ; Vorobjov, Sigrid ; Sõnajalg, Hanna ; Althaus, Christian ; Low, Nicola ; Reichmuth, Martina L. ; Auranen, Kari ; Nurhonen, Markku ; Petrović, Goranka ; Makaric, Zvjezdana Lovric ; Namorado, Sónia ; Caetano, Constantino ; Santos, Ana João ; Röst, Gergely ; Oroszi, Beatrix ; Karsai, Márton ; Fafangel, Mario ; Klepac, Petra ; Kranjec, Natalija ; Vilaplana, Cristina ; Casabona-Barbarà, Jordi ; FAES, Christel ; Beutels, Philippe ; Hens, Niel ; Jarvis, Christopher ; Edmunds, John
Data: 2022
Identificador Persistente: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.18/8453
Origem: Repositório Científico do Instituto Nacional de Saúde
Assunto(s): Pregnancy; COVID-19; Lockdowns; Contact Survey; Social Contact; Vaccine; Europe; Gravidez; Confinamento; Contactos Sociais; Cuidados de Saúde; Determinantes da Saúde e da Doença; Europa
Descrição
Background: Evidence and advice for pregnant women evolved during the COVID-19 pandemic. We studied social contact behaviour and vaccine uptake in pregnant women between March 2020 and September 2021 in 19 European countries. Methods: In each country, repeated online survey data were collected from a panel of nationally-representative participants. We calculated the adjusted mean number of contacts reported with an individual-level generalized additive mixed model, modelled using the negative binomial distribution and a log link function. Mean proportion of people in isolation or quarantine, and vaccination coverage by pregnancy status and gender were calculated using a clustered bootstrap. Findings: We recorded 4,129 observations from 1,041 pregnant women, and 115,359 observations from 29,860 non-pregnant individuals aged 18-49. Pregnant women made slightly fewer contacts (3.6, 95%CI = 3.5-3.7) than non-pregnant women (4.0, 95%CI = 3.9-4.0), driven by fewer work contacts but marginally more contacts in non-essential social settings. Approximately 15-20% pregnant and 5% of non-pregnant individuals reported to be in isolation and quarantine for large parts of the study period. COVID-19 vaccine coverage was higher in pregnant women than in non-pregnant women between January and April 2021. Since May 2021, vaccination in non-pregnant women began to increase and surpassed that in pregnant women. Interpretation: Limited social contact to avoid pathogen exposure during the COVID-19 pandemic has been a challenge to many, especially women going through pregnancy. More recognition of maternal social support desire is needed in the ongoing pandemic. As COVID-19 vaccination continues to remain an important pillar of outbreak response, strategies to promote correct information can provide reassurance and facilitate informed pregnancy vaccine decisions in this vulnerable group.
