Pregnancy, delivery and neonatal complications in women with schizophrenia: a national population-based cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Existing studies evaluating the association between schizophrenia and complications associated with pregnancy, delivery and neonatal outcomes are based on data prior to 2014 and have reported heterogeneous results. The objective of our study was to determine whether pregnant women with schizophrenia were at increased risk of pregnancy, delivery and neonatal complications compared with women without severe mental disorders.

Methods

We performed a population-based cohort study of all singleton deliveries in France between Jan. 1, 2015, and Dec. 31, 2019. We divided this population into cases (i.e., women with schizophrenia) and controls (i.e., women without a diagnosis of severe mental disorder). Cases and controls were matched (1:4) inside the same ho

SUBMITTER: Fabre C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8589714 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature