Perinatal outcomes of Aboriginal women with mental health disorders.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Maternal mental disorders have been associated with adverse perinatal outcomes such as low birthweight and preterm birth, although these links have been examined rarely among Australian Aboriginal populations. We aimed to evaluate the association between maternal mental disorders and adverse perinatal outcomes among Aboriginal births.

Methods

We used whole population-based linked data to conduct a retrospective cohort study (N = 38,592) using all Western Australia singleton Aboriginal births (1990-2015). Maternal mental disorders were identified based on the International Classification of Diseases diagnoses and grouped into six broad diagnostic categories. The perinatal outcomes evaluated were preterm birth, small for gestational age, perinatal death, major

SUBMITTER: Adane AA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10517592 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature