A A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF BIRTH OUTCOMES BETWEEN WOMEN WITH A HISTORY OF COVID-19 INFECTION AND THOSE WITHOUT INFECTIONAT MAE AI HOSPITAL, CHIANG MAI PROVINCE
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COVID-19, Adverse birth outcomes, Mae Ai hospitalAbstract
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This retrospective descriptive comparative study aimed to study birth outcomes among women with a history of COVID-19 infection and those without infection who gave birth at Mae Ai hospital, Chiang Mai province. The sample consisted of 66 women with a history of COVID-19 infection and 489 those without infection in fiscal year 2022. Data were collected by using a birth outcomes record form. Data were analyzed by descriptive statistics, Chi-square, and t-test.
The study found that women with a history of COVID-19 infection and those without infection revealed no statistically significant differences in birth outcomes, including gestational age at delivery, Apgar scores, neonatal birth weight, and neonatal birth length. Moreover, no statistically significant adverse birth outcomes were observed among women with a history of COVID-19 infection (p-value < 0.05)
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