ArticleCanadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique
Association of maternal work with adverse perinatal outcome.
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Risk Factors for Working Pregnant Women and Potential Adverse Consequences of Exposure: A Systematic Review.International journal of public health · 2023Pooled it
- Maternal Occupational Risk Factors and Preterm Birth: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Public health reviews · 2023Pooled 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
- Multiple maternal occupational exposures during pregnancy and newborn size at birth: analysis of the ELFE cohort, a French longitudinal study of children.Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health · 2026Article
- Impact of maternal posture on fetal physiology in human pregnancy: a narrative review.Frontiers in physiology · 2024Review
- Statistical analysis of socioeconomic and demographic correlates of perinatal mortality in Tigray region, Ethiopia: a cross sectional study.BMC public health · 2019Article
- Maternal characteristics and obstetrical complications impact neonatal outcomes in Indonesia: a prospective study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2017Article
- Association of Maternal Working Condition with Low Birth Weight: The Social Determinants of Health Approach.Annals of medical and health sciences researchArticle
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Abstract
objectiveTo investigate the relationship between maternal work and pregnancy outcome.
methodsOver a 4-month period from October 2004 through February 2005, 2,419 women were interviewed shortly after delivery in the three main public and Health Insurance hospitals in Alexandria, Egypt. Of these, 730 (30.2%) were working and 1,689 (69.8%) were not working prior to delivery. A detailed description of working status was analyzed, along with a risk profile which was compared between the two groups.
resultsThere was no significant association between different work characteristics and perinatal outcomes except for that between working posture, stress and delivery of small-for-gestational-age (SGA) babies. There was an excess rate of SGA and perinatal death among the non-working group, while preterm delivery was significantly increased among those who worked throughout the whole pregnancy. After adjusting for confounders, the risk of preterm delivery was no longer significant (OR = 1.2, 95% CI = 0.96-1.7). On the other hand, working status had a beneficial effect on SGA and perinatal death (OR = 0.41, 95% CI = 0.26-0.64 and OR = 0.26, 95% CI = 0.14-0.48, respectively).
conclusionThese results cast doubt on the risk of adverse pregnancy outcome for women who work during pregnancy. Work per se does not constitute a health risk factor and may even have a positive social impact on pregnancy. Further research on this topic in our region is recommended.
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