Mortality of the Pregnant Women with COVID-19 at Referral Hospitals in Central Java, Indonesia

Sutopo Patria Jati (Faculty of Public Health, Diponegoro University, Semarang, Indonesia)
Cipta Pramana (Institue of Health Science Guna Bangsa Yogyakarta Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology KRMT Wongsonegoro Hospital Semarang, Indonesia)
Bambang Wibowo (Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Faculty of Medicine, Diponegoro University Semarang, Indonesia Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Dr. Kariyadi Hospital Semarang, Indonesia)
Hery Sudjagat (Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Diponegoro University Semarang, Indonesia)
Murni Murni (Temanggung District Health Office, Indonesia)

Jurnal Kesehatan Masyarakat
Vol 18, No 4 (2023)

Pregnant women have a high potential for infectious infections including Covid-19. This study focused on analysing the characteristics and outcomes of 95 maternal deaths that were caused by COVID-19. This observational-retrospective study descriptively analysed 95 maternal deaths due to COVID-19. The study was conducted in June – July 2021 at the COVID-19 Referral hospitals in Central Java Province. The study found that the majority of these deaths occurred in women between the ages of 20 to 35, with 74% falling in this age range. Furthermore, the study found that 63.2% of the patients required treatment for more than 48 hours. The study also noted that almost all of the women who died (98.9%) had not been vaccinated against COVID-19. Of the patients who received treatment, 73.7% received standard therapy. Additionally, 55.8% of the patients had a moderate condition when admitted to the hospital. More than half of the patients (52.6%) died in the intensive care unit (ICU). Furthermore, 63.2% of the patients arrived at the hospital alone. This data may suggest that some of these women were not receiving adequate support or medical care before their hospitalisation.