EP04.13: COVID‐19 infection in pregnancy and postpartum period

COVID-19 is an infectious disease caused by SARS-CoV-2. Pregnancy and postpartum period as a special state of the organism. The aim of this study was to determinate the impact of COVID-19 infection on the pregnancy and postpartum period as well as the prevalence of vaccination in the pregnant women. The research was designed as a case-control study. The case group consisted of pregnant women in different gestational weeks (64) and the control group consisted of postpartum women (50). For data collecting a questionnaire of 21 questions. More than half of the respondents suffered from the COVID-19 infection. About 35% of women who gave birth and 23% of pregnant women mentioned the occurrence of sleep disorders during pregnancy, which they associate with the COVID-19 infection. While about 16% of the respondents mentioned the occurrence of heart rhythm disorders. The percentage of unvaccinated pregnant women against COVID-19 was 76.19% and among the unvaccinated respondents, 17% stated that they wanted to be vaccinated after giving birth. More than half of the respondents had a COVID-19 infection and about 30% of them before the pregnancy and about 25% during pregnancy. Our results have showed a lower vaccination coverage of pregnant women compared to the data of other researches, as well as a weak motivation for vaccination after labour. The most important measure of prevention and protection against SARS-CoV-2 infection is the vaccine.