Impact of COVID-19 on Dutch General Practitioner Prenatal Primary Care: Retrospective, Observational Cohort Study Using an Interrupted Time-Series Approach
By analyzing EHR data from over 10,000 pregnant women, this study highlights the pandemic's impact on pregnant women's GP health care-seeking behavior, including declining health care consumption trends during the initial and end phases of the pandemic (2020-2021). The observed increase in GDM and its potential long-term effects underscore the need for enhanced public health strategies within GP practices, ensuring continuous access to prenatal care and striving for improved outcomes of expectant mothers, their fetuses, and neonates during times of pandemics and in routine health care settings.
Authors
- Anke Oenema (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4350-5821)
- Lilian L. Peters (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2342-0799)
- Matthijs S. Berends (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7620-1800)
- Maarten Homburg
- Wikje Berends-Hoekstra (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-6686-1809)
Institutions
- University Medical Center Groningen (NL)
- University of Groningen (NL)
- Stichting Certe Medische Diagnostiek en Advies (NL)
- Open University of the Netherlands (NL)
- Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (NL)
- Inholland University of Applied Sciences (NL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JMIR Pediatrics and Parenting
- Published
- 2025-05-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2196/64831
- Primary Topic
- COVID-19 Impact on Reproduction
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Radboud Universiteit
- Universiteit Maastricht
- Maastricht Universitair Medisch Centrum
- Universitair Medisch Centrum Groningen