ArticleJournal of epidemiology and community health2004
Employment, working conditions, and preterm birth: results from the Europop case-control survey.
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- Pregnancy, obstetrical and neonatal outcomes in women exposed to physician-related occupational hazards: a scoping review.BMJ open · 2023Pooled it
- Maternal Occupational Risk Factors and Preterm Birth: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Public health reviews · 2023Pooled it
- Non-occupational physical activity during pregnancy and the risk of preterm birth: a meta-analysis of observational and interventional studies.Scientific reports · 2017Pooled it
- Physically demanding work and preterm delivery: a systematic review and meta-analysis.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2014Pooled it
- Shift work, long working hours and preterm birth: a systematic review and meta-analysis.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2014Pooled it
- Reproductive outcomes associated with noise exposure - a systematic review of the literature.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2014Pooled it
- Work activities and risk of prematurity, low birth weight and pre-eclampsia: an updated review with meta-analysis.Occupational and environmental medicine · 2013Pooled it
- Shift work and pregnancy outcomes: a systematic review with meta-analysis of currently available epidemiological studies.BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology · 2011Pooled it
- Risk of prematurity, low birthweight and pre-eclampsia in relation to working hours and physical activities: a systematic review.Occupational and environmental medicine · 2007Pooled it
- Aerobic exercise for women during pregnancy.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2006Pooled it
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- Impact of maternal posture on fetal physiology in human pregnancy: a narrative review.Frontiers in physiology · 2024Review
- Difference in risk of preterm and small-for-gestational-age birth depending on maternal occupations in Japan.BMC research notes · 2023Article
- Does the father's job matter? Parental occupation and preterm birth in Korea.Epidemiology and health · 2023Article
- Preterm Birth: An Overview.Cureus · 2022Review
- Influence of sociodemographic factors in birth seasonality in Spain.American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council · 2022Article
- Association between Maternal Factors, Preterm Birth, and Low Birth Weight of Chilean Singletons.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Ability of municipality-level deprivation indices to capture social inequalities in perinatal health in France: A nationwide study using preterm birth and small for gestational age to illustrate their relevance.BMC public health · 2022Article
- Unsupervised Learning Applied to the Stratification of Preterm Birth Risk in Brazil with Socioeconomic Data.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
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objectiveTo analyse the relation between preterm birth and working conditions in Europe using common measures of exposure and to test whether employment related risks varied by country of residence.
designA case-control study in which cases included all consecutive singleton preterm births and controls included one of every ten singleton term births in each participating maternity unit. Data about working conditions were obtained by interview from women after delivery.
settingSixteen European countries.
participantsThe analysis included 5145 preterm and 7911 term births of which 2369 preterm and 4098 term births were to women employed during pregnancy. Analyses of working conditions were carried out for women working through at least the third month of pregnancy. MAIN
resultsEmployed women did not have an excess risk of preterm birth. Among working women, a moderate excess risk was observed for women working more than 42 hours a week (OR = 1.33, CI = 1.1 to 1.6), standing more than six hours a day (OR = 1.26, CI = 1.1 to 1.5), and for women with low job satisfaction (OR = 1.27, CI = 1.1 to 1.5). There were stronger links in countries with a lower overall level of perinatal health and a common practice of long prenatal leaves.
conclusionThese findings show that specific working conditions affect the risk of preterm birth. They also suggest employment related risks could be mediated by the social and legislative context.
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