Journal article
Global impacts of COVID-19 pandemic on sexual and reproductive health services: An international comparative study on primary care from the INTRePID Consortium
K Peng, K Tu, Z Li, CM Hallinan, A Laughlin, JA Manski-Nankervis, J Apajee, MC Lapadula, A Ortigoza, CC Da Roza, V Baste, S Flottorp, KA Wensaas, LH Goh, ZJ Ling, R Kristiansson, G Gaona, WD Pace, JM Westfall, APP Ng Show all
BJOG an International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology | WILEY | Published : 2024
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Abstract
Objective: To understand how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted sexual and reproductive health (SRH) visits. Design: An ecological study comparing SRH services volume in different countries before and after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Setting: Seven countries from the INTernational ConsoRtium of Primary Care BIg Data Researchers (INTRePID) across four continents. Population: Over 3.8 million SRH visits to primary care physicians in Australia, China, Canada, Norway, Singapore, Sweden and the USA. Methods: Difference in average SRH monthly visits before and during the pandemic, with negative binomial regression modelling to compare predicted and observed number of visits during the pan..
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Funding Acknowledgements
Thank you to Tao Chen, database manager at University of Toronto, for his assistance with generating the prediction graphs. Karen Tu who holds a Research Scholar Award from the University of Toronto and holds a Chair in Family and Community Medicine Research in Primary Care at UHN. Thank you to the Department of General Practice of the University of Melbourne for facilitating access to de-identified information of the Patron primary care data repository.