Neonatal Outcomes of Mothers With a Disability.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To assess the risk of neonatal complications among women with a disability.

Methods

This population-based cohort study comprised all hospital singleton livebirths in Ontario, Canada from 2003 to 2018. Newborns of women with a physical (N = 144 187), sensory (N = 44 988), intellectual or developmental (N = 2207), or ≥2 disabilities (N = 8823) were each compared with 1 593 354 newborns of women without a disability. Outcomes were preterm birth <37 and <34 weeks, small for gestational age birth weight (SGA), large for gestational age birth weight, neonatal morbidity, and mortality, neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS), and NICU admission. Relative risks were adjusted for social, health, and health care characteristics.

Results

Risks for neonatal complications we

SUBMITTER: Brown HK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9694113 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature