Prevalence of preterm birth in Scandinavian countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

As welfare societies, Scandinavian countries share characteristics of equality related to healthcare access, gender, and social services. However, cultural and lifestyle variations create country-specific health differences. This meta-analysis assessed the prevalence of preterm birth (PTB) and its categories in Scandinavian countries.

Methods

A systematic search in key databases of literature published between 1990 and 2021 identified studies of the prevalence of PTB and its categories. Following the use of the Freeman-Tukey double arcsine transformation, a meta-analysis of weighted data was performed using the random-effects model and meta-prop method.

Results

We identified 109 observational studies that involved 86,420,188 live births. The overall pooled

SUBMITTER: Behboudi-Gandevani S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10683576 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature