Effect of the New Corona Virus Disease 2019 on Pregnancy Outcomeat El- Gharbia Governorate | ||
| Tanta Scientific Nursing Journal | ||
| Article 2, Volume 19, Issue 1, November 2020, Pages 181-210 PDF (678.69 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/tsnj.2020.131941 | ||
| Author | ||
| Manal Abdalla Sayed Ahmed Gaheen | ||
| Assist.Prof of Maternity and Gynecological Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Tanta University. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Pregnancy is a state of partial immune suppression, which makes pregnant women more vulnerable to infection which have serious consequences onpregnancy outcome. The aim of this study:To assess the effect of thenew corona virus disease 2019 (COVID 19) on pregnancy outcome. Study design: Descriptive correlational was used. Setting: It carried out at four isolation hospitals represented El- Gharbia Governorate.Tanta University hospital, El-Menshawy Hospital andEl Mehalla El-Kobra Hospital and Kafr El- Zayate General Hospital.Subjects:A convenientsample of 30 pregnant women who infected with COVID-19 and isolated at the previouslymentioned settings. Four tools were used; Tool I, it included two parts. Part 1: Socio- demographic characteristics. Part 2: Reproductive history. Tool II:Women's knowledge regarding COVID 19. Tool III: Women's practices regarding COVID 19. Tool IV: Assessment the effect of COVID 19 on pregnancy outcome. Results:It was found that almost one third of the studied women had unsatisfactory level of knowledge as well as almost two fifths had unsatisfactory level of practices regarding COVID 19.The result also revealed that COVID 19has negative effect on pregnancy outcome.Conclusion and recommendations: Based on the studyfindings ,it can be concluded that the studied pregnant women had satisfactory level of knowledge as well as unsatisfactory practices regarding COVID 19. It seems that there is a great need for further studies to assess the effect of COVID 19 on pregnancy outcome. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Effect; COVID 19; pregnancy and pregnancy outcome | ||
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