Stock, Sarah J; Carruthers, Jade; Calvert, Clara; Denny, Cheryl; Donaghy, Jack; Goulding, Anna; Hopcroft, Lisa EM; Hopkins, Leanne; McLaughlin, Terry; Pan, Jiafeng; +12 more... Shi, Ting; Taylor, Bob; Agrawal, Utkarsh; Auyeung, Bonnie; Katikireddi, Srinivasa Vittal; McCowan, Colin; Murray, Josie; Simpson, Colin R; Robertson, Chris; Vasileiou, Eleftheria; Sheikh, Aziz; Wood, Rachael; (2022) SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 vaccination rates in pregnant women in Scotland. Nature Medicine, 28 (3). pp. 504-512. ISSN 1078-8956 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-021-01666-2
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Abstract
Population-level data on COVID-19 vaccine uptake in pregnancy and SARS-CoV-2 infection outcomes are lacking. We describe COVID-19 vaccine uptake and SARS-CoV-2 infection in pregnant women in Scotland, using whole-population data from a national, prospective cohort. Between the start of a COVID-19 vaccine program in Scotland, on 8 December 2020 and 31 October 2021, 25,917 COVID-19 vaccinations were given to 18,457 pregnant women. Vaccine coverage was substantially lower in pregnant women than in the general female population of 18-44 years; 32.3% of women giving birth in October 2021 had two doses of vaccine compared to 77.4% in all women. The extended perinatal mortality rate for women who gave birth within 28 d of a COVID-19 diagnosis was 22.6 per 1,000 births (95% CI 12.9-38.5; pandemic background rate 5.6 per 1,000 births; 452 out of 80,456; 95% CI 5.1-6.2). Overall, 77.4% (3,833 out of 4,950; 95% CI 76.2-78.6) of SARS-CoV-2 infections, 90.9% (748 out of 823; 95% CI 88.7-92.7) of SARS-CoV-2 associated with hospital admission and 98% (102 out of 104; 95% CI 92.5-99.7) of SARS-CoV-2 associated with critical care admission, as well as all baby deaths, occurred in pregnant women who were unvaccinated at the time of COVID-19 diagnosis. Addressing low vaccine uptake rates in pregnant women is imperative to protect the health of women and babies in the ongoing pandemic.
Item Type | Article |
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Faculty and Department | Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health > Dept of Population Health (2012- ) |
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Maternal and Newborn Health Group Centre for Maternal, Reproductive and Child Health (MARCH) |
PubMed ID | 35027756 |
Elements ID | 175915 |
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