- Maguire, Sinead;
- Al-Emadi, Samar;
- Alba, Paula;
- Aguiar, Mathia;
- Al Lawati, Talal;
- Alle, Gelsomina;
- Bermas, Bonnie;
- Bhana, Suleman;
- Branimir, Anic;
- Bulina, Inita;
- Clowse, Megan;
- Cogo, Karina;
- Colunga, Iris;
- Cook, Claire;
- Cortez, Karen;
- Dao, Kathryn;
- Gianfrancesco, Milena;
- Gore-Massey, Monique;
- Gossec, Laure;
- Grainger, Rebecca;
- Hausman, Jonathon;
- Hsu, Tiffany;
- Hyrich, Kimme;
- Isnardi, Carolina;
- Kawano, Yumeko;
- Kilding, Rachael;
- Kusevich, Daria;
- Lawson-Tovey, Saskia;
- Liew, Jean;
- McCarthy, Eoghan;
- Montgumery, Anna;
- Moyano, Sebastian;
- Nasir, Noreen;
- Padjen, Ivan;
- Papagoras, Charalampos;
- Patel, Naomi;
- Pera, Mariana;
- Pisoni, Cecilia;
- Pons-Estel, Guillermo;
- Quiambao, Antonio;
- Quintana, Rosana;
- Ruderman, Eric;
- Sattui, Sebastian;
- Savio, Veronica;
- Sciascia, Savino;
- Sencarova, Marieta;
- Morales, Rosa;
- Siddique, Faizah;
- Sirotich, Emily;
- Sparks, Jeffrey;
- Strangfeld, Anja;
- Sufka, Paul;
- Tanner, Helen;
- Tissera, Yohana;
- Wallace, Zachary;
- Werner, Marina;
- Wise, Leanna;
- Worthing, Angus;
- Zell, JoAnn;
- Zepa, Julija;
- Machado, Pedro;
- Yazdany, Jinoos;
- Robinson, Philip;
- Conway, Richard
OBJECTIVE: To describe obstetric outcomes based on COVID-19 vaccination status, in women with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMDs) who developed COVID-19 during pregnancy. METHODS: Data regarding pregnant women entered into the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance registry from 24 March 2020-25 February 2022 were analysed. Obstetric outcomes were stratified by number of COVID-19 vaccine doses received prior to COVID-19 infection in pregnancy. Descriptive differences between groups were tested using the chi-squared or Fishers exact test. RESULTS: There were 73 pregnancies in 73 women with RMD and COVID-19. Overall, 24.7% (18) of pregnancies were ongoing, while of the 55 completed pregnancies, 90.9% (50) of pregnancies resulted in livebirths. At the time of COVID-19 diagnosis, 60.3% (n = 44) of women were unvaccinated, 4.1% (n = 3) had received one vaccine dose while 35.6% (n = 26) had two or more doses. Although 83.6% (n = 61) of women required no treatment for COVID-19, 20.5% (n = 15) required hospital admission. COVID-19 resulted in delivery in 6.8% (n = 3) of unvaccinated women and 3.8% (n = 1) of fully vaccinated women. There was a greater number of preterm births (PTB) in unvaccinated women compared with fully vaccinated 29.5% (n = 13) vs 18.2% (n = 2). CONCLUSIONS: In this descriptive study, unvaccinated pregnant women with RMD and COVID-19 had a greater number of PTB compared with those fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Additionally, the need for COVID-19 pharmacological treatment was uncommon in pregnant women with RMD regardless of vaccination status. These results support active promotion of COVID-19 vaccination in women with RMD who are pregnant or planning a pregnancy.