Long-Term Maternal Health Outcomes Following Severe Maternal Morbidity: A Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate the long-term morbidity experienced by women with a history of severe maternal morbidity (SMM).

Design

Prospective population-based cohort study.

Setting

A tertiary medical centre.

Population

All women who experienced SMM between 2013 and 2018 and a matched comparison group without SMM.

Methods

SMM was defined as maternal admission to the intensive care unit during the delivery hospitalisation. Women with SMM were matched 1:1 to controls based on mode and year of delivery. Multivariable Cox proportional hazards regression models were used to assess the adjusted risks of long-term diagnoses and hospitalisations, controlling for sociodemographic and clinical characteristics.

Main outcome measures

Long-term incidence of morbi

SUBMITTER: Gothelf I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12770079 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature