Weight gain during pregnancy: Does the antenatal care provider make a difference? A retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The primary aim of this study was to examine weight gain during pregnancy and associated adverse outcomes across different types of antenatal health care providers. Our research question examined whether type of antenatal health care provider (family physician, obstetrician, midwife, or family physician plus obstetrician) was associated with differing rates of excess or inadequate weight gain and associated adverse outcomes including being large for gestational age, being small for gestational age, cesarean delivery and preterm birth.

Methods

This retrospective cohort study used data from the Better Outcomes Registry & Network Information System, 2014-2016, for singleton hospital births at 20-42 weeks' gestation in Ontario. We calculated descriptive statistics to

SUBMITTER: Murray-Davis B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6498453 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr-Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature