Prevalence and Factors Affected to Covid-19 Infection among Pregnant Women in Urban Area Bangkok Metropolitan, Thailand

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Suparp Thaithae, Parinyaporn Thanaboonpuang, Piangkhuan Phutong, Sasipriya Chaiyo

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Pregnant women were the risky group for COVID-19 infection. COVID-19 infection affected the health of pregnant women as well as the fetus. This study was a cross-sectional descriptive research aimed to seek for the prevalence and factors affected to COVID-19 infection among pregnant women in urban area Bangkok Metropolitan, Thailand. Samples were 284 pregnant women who received services at the antenatal care clinics in the hospitals and public health center affiliated to Bangkok Metropolitan during July to August 2023, retrieved via stratified sampling method. Research tools consisted of questionnaires for personal information, the prevention of COVID-19 infection in pregnant women, and mindset questionnaire on the issue of COVID-19 infection and pregnancy.Data analysis was conducted using descriptive statistics and multiple logistic regression analysis.


   Results showed that the prevalence of COVID-19 infection among pregnant women in urban area Bangkok Metropolitan, Thailand was equal to 52.11 percent. The factors affected to COVID-19 infection among pregnant women were having close person infected with COVID-19 (OR = 2.080; 95% CI = 1.02 - 4.23), wearing face mask (OR = 0.178; 95% CI = 0.04 - 0.77), fixed mindset (OR = 4.110; 95% CI = 2.50 - 6.75), and growth mindset (OR = 0.037; 95% CI = 0.02 - 0.09) at statistical significance level of 0.05. Research results could be the information for COVID-19 infection preventive planning in order to arrange for pregnant women care service, especially the risky group in order to prevent COVID-19 infection. Changing toward growth mindset would lower the impact on pregnant women and fetus. Moreover, it requires further planning to prevent respiratory infections in pregnant women and other groups.

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