Preconception care to improve pregnancy outcomes in COVID-19 survival Women: A systematic review

Abstract

Background: COVID-19 has had a dramatic and obvious influence on the mental health of women. Preconception care (PCC) has received a lot of attention as an alternate and supplementary strategy to combat the persistently poor pregnancy outcomes caused by Covid-19 worldwide. Objective: The purpose of the systematic review was to look for PCC interventions to help women have healthier pregnancies. Method: We searched PubMed, Medline, EmBase, the Cochrane library, and Google Scholar for the most recent studies on preconception treatment to enhance pregnancy outcomes in COVID-19 surviving women in March 2023 for this systematic review. The terms [preconception care] AND [pregnancy outcomes] AND [COVID-19 survival women] were used as search criteria. Only articles in the English language were included in searches. Results:1215 duplicate articles were removed from all databases that had been searched after the original search. Moreover, after looking at their titles and abstracts, 1575 publications were dropped from the study. Based on the predetermined inclusion and exclusion criteria, the primary author and co-author examined and chose the remaining 860 articles. Twelve papers that were deemed to be eligible for this study were included. A total of 2983 people took part in the chosen study. Iran (n=3) has published the majority of the chosen studies, followed by the US (n=2), India (n=2), Vietnam (n=2), Ethiopia (n=1), the Netherlands (n=1), and the UK (n=1). Conclusion: Preconception treatment improved the birth outcomes, according to the findings. It may be established that women's pregnancy planning is the real source of the mental health issues.