Validation of an obstetric comorbidity index in an external population.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

An obstetric comorbidity index has been developed recently with superior performance characteristics relative to general comorbidity measures in an obstetric population. This study aimed to externally validate this index and to examine the impact of including hospitalisation/delivery records only when estimating comorbidity prevalence and discriminative performance of the obstetric comorbidity index.

Design

Validation study.

Setting

Alberta, Canada.

Population

Pregnant women who delivered a live or stillborn infant in hospital (n = 5995).

Methods

Administrative databases were linked to create a population-based cohort. Comorbid conditions were identified from diagnoses for the delivery hospitalisation, all hospitalisations and all healthcare c

SUBMITTER: Metcalfe A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5006847 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature