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

Abstract

Preconception care (PCC) has received a lot of attention as an alternate and supplementary strategy to combatthe persistently poor pregnancy outcomes caused by Covid-19 worldwide.Objective:The purpose of thesystematic review was to look for PCC interventions to help women have healthier pregnancies.Method:Wesearched PubMed, Medline, EmBase, the Cochrane library, and Google Scholar for the most recent studies onpreconception treatment to enhance pregnancy outcomes in COVID-19 surviving women in March 2023 for thissystematic review. The terms [preconception care] AND [pregnancy outcomes] AND [COVID-19 survivalwomen] 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 onthe predetermined inclusion and exclusion criteria, the primary author and co-author examined and chose theremaining 860 articles. Twelve papers that were deemed to be eligible for this study were included. A totalof2983 people took part in the chosen study. Iran (n=3) has published the majority of the chosen studies, followedby 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.