Short interpregnancy intervals and adverse perinatal outcomes in high-resource settings: An updated systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This systematic review summarises association between short interpregnancy intervals and adverse perinatal health outcomes in high-resource settings to inform recommendations for healthy birth spacing for the United States.

Methods

Five databases and a previous systematic review were searched for relevant articles published between 1966 and 1 May 2017. We included studies meeting the following criteria: (a) reporting of perinatal health outcomes after a short interpregnancy interval since last livebirth; (b) conducted within a high-resource setting; and (c) estimates were adjusted for maternal age and at least one socio-economic factor.

Results

Nine good-quality and 18 fair-quality studies were identified. Interpregnancy intervals <6 months were associated

SUBMITTER: Ahrens KA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7379643 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature