Unplanned pregnancy and the association with maternal health and pregnancy outcomes: A Swedish cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Unplanned pregnancies are common and associated with late initiation and inadequate antenatal care attendance, which may pose health risks to mother and child. How pregnancy planning relates to maternal health and delivery in Sweden, a country with free antenatal care and free abortion, has not been studied previously. Our aims were to study whether pregnancy planning was associated with antenatal care utilization and pregnancy outcomes in a Swedish setting.

Methods

Data for 2953 women, who answered a questionnaire when recruited at antenatal clinics in Sweden and later gave birth, was linked to the Swedish Medical Birth Register. The degree of pregnancy planning was estimated using the London Measure of Unplanned Pregnancy. Unplanned (comprising unplanned and amb

SUBMITTER: Carlander A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10202275 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature