Quality of life following a maternal near-miss event during the COVID-19 pandemic at a tertiary care center in South India.

Objective: To assess the quality of life (QoL) in women following a maternal near-miss event and to assess the women's attitude towards future fertility and their contraceptive choices.

Methods: A cross-sectional observational study was conducted in Government Medical College, Kozhikode, India among women who had experienced a near-miss event (n = 50) between January 1, 2020 and May 31, 2021 during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic. The QoL was assessed using the WHO Quality of Life, BREF Version, questionnaire, which was administered to the consenting participants over phone.