Severe maternal morbidity and other perinatal complications among women with physical, sensory, or intellectual and developmental disabilities.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Little is known about severe maternal morbidity (SMM) among women with disabilities.

Objective

We assessed differences in SMM and other perinatal complications by presence and type of disability. We hypothesised that SMM and other complications would be more common in births to women with disabilities than to women without disabilities.

Methods

We conducted a retrospective cohort study of California births from 2000 to 2012, using birth and death certificate data linked with hospital discharge data. We included singleton deliveries with gestational age of 23-42 weeks. We classified women as having any disability or not and identified disability type (physical, hearing, vision, intellectual/developmental disabilities [IDD]). Our primary outcome was a composi

SUBMITTER: Horner-Johnson W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9398919 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature