Multidimensional assessment of women after severe maternal morbidity: the COMMAG cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To perform a multidimensional assessment of women who experienced severe maternal morbidity (SMM) and its short-term and medium-term impact on the lives and health of women and their children.

Design

A retrospective cohort study.

Setting

A tertiary maternity hospital from the southeast region of Brazil.

Participants

The exposed population was selected from intensive care unit admissions if presenting any diagnostic criteria for SMM. Controls were randomly selected among women without SMM admitted to the same maternity and same time of childbirth.

Primary and secondary outcome variables

Validated tools were applied, addressing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and quality of life (SF-36) by phone, and then general and reproductive health, f

SUBMITTER: Ferreira EC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7733206 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature