Outcomes for women with BMI>35kg/m2 admitted for labour care to alongside midwifery units in the UK: A national prospective cohort study using the UK Midwifery Study System (UKMidSS).

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To describe and compare outcomes in severely obese (body mass index (BMI)>35kg/m2) women and other women admitted to alongside (co-located) midwifery units (AMU) in the United Kingdom.

Methods

We carried out a national prospective cohort study using the UK Midwifery Study System (UKMidSS) in all 122 AMUs in the UK. We identified and collected data about 1122 severely obese women admitted to an AMU, 1st January-31st December 2016, and 1949 comparison women (BMI≤35kg/m2), matched on time of admission, and used Poisson regression to calculate relative risks adjusted for maternal characteristics.

Results

92% of the severely obese cohort had BMI 35.1-40kg/m2. Severely obese multiparous women were no more likely than comparison women to experience the composite pr

SUBMITTER: Rowe R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6279017 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature