The Covid-19 pandemic and disruptions to maternal and child health services in public primary care Malaysia
A retrospective time-series analysis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21881225 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Izzatur Rahmi Mohd Ujang (0009-0000-5335-9197, Ministry of Health, corresponding author), Normaizira Hamidi (0009-0009-8493-8197, Ministry of Health), Jabrullah Ab Hamid (0000-0002-0223-1123, Ministry of Health), Samsiah Awang (0009-0008-4554-864X, Ministry of Health), Nur Wahida Zulkifli (0000-0001-8476-8532, Universiti Teknologi MARA), Roslina Supadi (Ministry of Health), Nur Ezdiani Mohamed (0000-0001-5595-4328, Ministry of Health), Rajini Sooryanarayana (0000-0001-8927-4160, Ministry of Health) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 11 |
| Pages | e013397 |
| Publication date | 2023-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | BMJ Global Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2059-7908 • E-ISSN: 2059-7908 |
| Publisher | BMJ (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1136/bmjgh-2023-013397 |
| PMID | 37949498 |
| OpenAlex | W4388575841 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 50 |
INTRODUCTION: The COVID-19 pandemic has posed significant challenges to healthcare systems worldwide. Maintaining essential health services, including maternal and child health (MCH), while addressing the pandemic is an enormous task. This study aimed to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the utilisation of MCH services in Malaysian public primary care. METHODS: A retrospective analysis was conducted using national administrative data from 1124 public primary care clinics. Eight indicators were selected to measure service utilisation covering antenatal, postnatal, women's health, child health, and immunisation services. Interrupted time-series analysis was used to evaluate changes in levels and trends of indicators during four different periods: pre-pandemic (January 2019-February 2020), during pandemic and first lockdown (March-May 2020), after the first lockdown was lifted (June-December 2020) and after the second lockdown was implemented (January-June 2021). RESULTS: Most indicators showed no significant trend in monthly utilisation prior to the pandemic. The onset of the pandemic and first lockdown implementation were associated with significant decreasing trends in child health (-19.23%), women's health (-10.12%), antenatal care (-8.10%), contraception (-6.50%), postnatal care (-4.85%) and postnatal care 1-week (-3.52%) indicators. These indicators showed varying degrees of recovery after the first lockdown was lifted. The implementation of the second lockdown caused transient reduction ranging from -11.29% to -25.92% in women's health, contraception, child and two postnatal indicators, but no sustained reducing trend was seen afterwards. Two immunisation indicators appeared unaffected throughout the study period. CONCLUSION: The COVID-19 pandemic significantly impacted MCH services utilisation in Malaysia. While most MCH services were negatively affected by the lockdown implementation with varying degrees of recovery, infant immunisation showed resilience throughout. This highlights the need for a targeted preparedness plan to ensure the resilience of MCH services in future crises
Disease · Economic growth · Environmental health · Family medicine · Health care · Pandemic · Postnatal Care · Pregnancy · Public health · COVID-19 Impact on Reproduction · Global Maternal and Child Health · Medicine · Nursing · Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy · Pediatrics
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| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2025 (2) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |