Table 1.
The characteristics of mothers who delivered before and during COVID-19 (N= 29592)
| Before COVID-19 (n = 14316 (48.4%)) |
During COVID-19 (n = 15276 (51.6%)) |
Total (N = 29592) |
p-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | N | ||
| Mother’s age | 0.338 | |||||
| < 20 | 693 | 4.84 | 712 | 4.66 | 1405 | |
| 20–35 | 11162 | 77.97 | 12018 | 78.67 | 23180 | |
| > 35 | 2461 | 17.19 | 2546 | 16.67 | 5007 | |
| Nationality | 0.053 | |||||
| Jordanian | 12699 | 88.70 | 13440 | 87.98 | 26139 | |
| Syrians | 1617 | 11.30 | 1836 | 12.02 | 3453 | |
| Sector | 0.000 | |||||
| Public hospital | 9012 | 62.95 | 10740 | 70.31 | 19752 | |
| Private hospital | 3008 | 21.01 | 2900 | 18.98 | 5908 | |
| Teaching hospital | 2296 | 16.04 | 1636 | 10.71 | 3932 | |
| Income | 0.000 | |||||
| ≤ 700 USD | 10513 | 79.22 | 12475 | 85.25 | 22988 | |
| > 700 USD | 2758 | 20.78 | 2158 | 14.75 | 4916 | |
| Multiplicity | 0.000 | |||||
| Singleton | 13836 | 96.65 | 14379 | 94.13 | 28215 | |
| Twin | 439 | 3.07 | 835 | 5.47 | 1274 | |
| Triplet or more | 41 | 0.29 | 62 | 0.41 | 103 | |
| Parity | 0.000 | |||||
| Primiparous * | 827 | 5.78 | 107 | 0.70 | 934 | |
| Low multiparity (parity 2-4) | 9045 | 63.18 | 10361 | 67.83 | 19406 | |
| Grand multiparity +5 | 4444 | 31.04 | 4808 | 31.47 | 9252 | |
| Gestational age | 0.186 | |||||
| Extremely preterm (< 28 weeks) | 76 | 0.53 | 77 | 0.50 | 153 | |
| Very preterm (28 to 32 weeks) | 146 | 1.02 | 161 | 1.05 | 307 | |
| Moderate-to-late preterm (32 to 37 weeks) | 1142 | 7.98 | 1117 | 7.31 | 2259 | |
| Mode of delivery | 0.595 | |||||
| Normal delivery | 7228 | 48.2 | 7761 | 51.8 | 14989 | |
| Caesarean section | 7088 | 48.5 | 7515 | 51.5 | 14603 | |
Before COVID-19: May 2019 to March 2020
During COVID-19: April 2020 to December 2020