Maternal multimorbidity and preterm birth in Scotland: an observational record-linkage study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Multimorbidity is common in women across the life course. Preterm birth is the single biggest cause of neonatal mortality and morbidity. We aim to estimate the prevalence of multimorbidity in pregnant women and to examine the association between maternal multimorbidity and PTB.

Methods

This is a retrospective cohort study using electronic health records from the Scottish Morbidity Records. All pregnancies among women aged 15 to 49 with a conception date between 1 January 2014 and 31 December 2018 were included. Multimorbidity was defined as the presence of two or more pre-existing long-term physical or mental health conditions, and complex multimorbidity as the presence of four or more. It was calculated at the time of conception using a predefined list of 79 cond

SUBMITTER: Azcoaga-Lorenzo A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10496247 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature