Racial and ethnic disparities in maternal mental health during COVID-19
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Abstract
Knowledge of childbirth outcomes of Black and Latinx individuals during the coronavirus pandemic is limited. Black/African American and Latinx/Hispanic individuals were matched to non-Hispanic white individuals on socio-demographics. Minority individuals were nearly three times more likely to have clinically significant traumatic stress in response to childbirth and two times more likely to report postpartum depression. Unplanned Cesarean rates were higher and incidences of skin-to-skin and breastfeeding were lower in the minority group. Racial and ethnic maternal disparities exist during COVID-19.
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SciScore for 10.1101/2021.11.30.21265428: (What is this?)
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Table 1: Rigor
Ethics IRB: Mass General Brigham Human Research Committee granted the study exemption. Sex as a biological variable Women who had given birth in the last six months, approached mainly via hospital announcements and social media, completed an anonymous survey about childbirth and mental health. Randomization not detected. Blinding not detected. Power Analysis not detected. Table 2: Resources
Software and Algorithms Sentences Resources Data Analysis: To create matched groups with similar background characteristics between Black or Latinx and non-Hispanic white individuals, we conducted a PSM procedure using the MatchIt R package. MatchItsuggested: NoneResults from OddPub: We did not detect open data. We also did …
SciScore for 10.1101/2021.11.30.21265428: (What is this?)
Please note, not all rigor criteria are appropriate for all manuscripts.
Table 1: Rigor
Ethics IRB: Mass General Brigham Human Research Committee granted the study exemption. Sex as a biological variable Women who had given birth in the last six months, approached mainly via hospital announcements and social media, completed an anonymous survey about childbirth and mental health. Randomization not detected. Blinding not detected. Power Analysis not detected. Table 2: Resources
Software and Algorithms Sentences Resources Data Analysis: To create matched groups with similar background characteristics between Black or Latinx and non-Hispanic white individuals, we conducted a PSM procedure using the MatchIt R package. MatchItsuggested: NoneResults from OddPub: We did not detect open data. We also did not detect open code. Researchers are encouraged to share open data when possible (see Nature blog).
Results from LimitationRecognizer: An explicit section about the limitations of the techniques employed in this study was not found. We encourage authors to address study limitations.Results from TrialIdentifier: No clinical trial numbers were referenced.
Results from Barzooka: We did not find any issues relating to the usage of bar graphs.
Results from JetFighter: We did not find any issues relating to colormaps.
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Results from scite Reference Check: We found no unreliable references.
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