COVID-19 Disease in Pregnant Women and Children Less Than 13 Years Old in Nahavand, Iran

The prevalence of Coronavirus and COVID-19 disease has had far-reaching effects in various aspects. Considering the importance of a comprehensive study of the disease of Covid-19 and its epidemic, this study was conducted.

This research evaluated COVID-19 in pregnant women and children under 13 years of age in Nahavand City, west of Iran, from March 2020 to March 2021. Information about the epidemiology of COVID-19 disease was extracted from the infectious diseases unit of Nahavand Health Center. Descriptive statistics, chi-square test, and Logistic regression model were used to evaluate the disease. All data of this study were analyzed using SPSS software, version 16. The inclusion condition in this study was having positive RT-PCR. No general vaccination was performed at the time of this study.

22.5% of the children had a positive RT-PCR test. The age group of 12-13 years had the most patients. 36.3% of children needed hospital treatment. Pregnant women comprised 2.08% of the infected population of Nahavand city in the defined time. 6.7% of them were hospitalized. The mean age of the pregnant women was 28.4 years. The mortality rate in both groups was zero.

COVID-19 disease, in pregnant women, was significantly correlated with age, contact with COVID-19, underlying disease and hospitalization. According to the analysis of variance, there was a significant correlation between the disease and age groups in children under 13 years old