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. 2020 Sep 24;103(12):2578–2582. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2020.09.031

Table 3.

Healthcare Appointment Changes as a Result of the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Pregnancy Infant Postpartum
N (%) N (%) N (%)
Change in in-person appointments
 Increased 2 (2.4) 1 (0.9) --
 Decreased 9 (10.7) 7 (6.3) --
 Stayed the Same 56 (66.7) 79 (71.2) --
 Don’t know 17 (20.2) 24 (21.6) --
Change or plan to change appointments
 Plan to and still plan to -- -- 84 (75.0)
 Plan to but do not plan to -- -- 3 (2.7)
 Did not plan to and do not plan to -- -- 6 (5.4)
 Did not plan but now plan to -- -- 1 (0.9)
 Don’t know -- -- 18 (16.1)
Decision to change appointments
 Mother, alone 3 (27.3) 5 (62.5) 2 (50.0)
 Doctor requested 7 (63.6) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
 Both, Mother and Doctor 0 (0.0) 3 (27.5) 1 (25.0)
 Don’t know 1 (9.1) 0 (0.0) 1 (25.0)
Offered telehealth appointment 4 (36.4) 4 (50.0) 30 (26.8)
Attended telehealth appointment 2 (50.0) 4 (100) 16 (53.3)
Satisfaction with telehealth appointment
 Very satisfied 0 (0.0) 2 (50.0) 11 (68.8)
 Satisfied 0 (0.0) 1 (25.0) 5 (31.3)
 Neutral 1 (50.0) 1 (25.0 0 (0.0)
 Dissatisfied 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
 Ver dissatisfied 1 (50.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)