ArticleActa obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica2012
Newborns of mothers with intellectual disability have a higher risk of perinatal death and being small for gestational age.
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- The Right to Sexuality, Reproductive Health, and Found a Family for People with Intellectual Disability: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Pooled it
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- Significance of Selected Environmental and Biological Factors on the Risk of FASD in Women Who Drink Alcohol during Pregnancy.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Birth outcomes affecting infants of mothers with intellectual and developmental disabilities.Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology · 2021Article
- Pregnancy and neonatal outcomes of women with disabilities: a nationwide population-based study in South Korea.Scientific reports · 2020Article
- Pregnancy course, infant outcomes, rehospitalization, and mortality among women with intellectual disability.Disability and health journal · 2019Article
- What Women With Disabilities Write in Personal Blogs About Pregnancy and Early Motherhood: Qualitative Analysis of Blogs.JMIR pediatrics and parenting · 2019Article
- Antenatal Hospitalization Among U.S. Women With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: A Retrospective Cohort Study.American journal on intellectual and developmental disabilities · 2018Article
- Perinatal Health of Women with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities and Comorbid Mental Illness.Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie · 2016Article
- Health of Young Children Whose Mothers Have Intellectual Disability.American journal on intellectual and developmental disabilities · 2016Article
- Maternal Characteristics, Pregnancy Complications, and Adverse Birth Outcomes Among Women With Disabilities.Medical care · 2015Article
- Parents with Intellectual Disability in a Population Context.Current developmental disorders reportsReview
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Abstract
objectiveTo study mode of birth, perinatal health and death in children born to mothers with intellectual disability (ID) in Sweden.
designPopulation-based register study.
settingNational registers; the National Patient Register linked to the Medical Birth Register. SAMPLE: Children of first-time mothers with ID (n = 326; classified in the International Classification of Diseases 8-10) were identified and compared with 340 624 children of first-time mothers without ID or any other psychiatric diagnosis between 1999 and 2007.
methodsPopulation-based data were extracted from the National Patient Register and the Medical Birth Register.
main outcome measuresMode of birth, preterm birth, small for gestational age, Apgar score, stillbirth and perinatal death.
resultsChildren born to mothers with ID were more often stillborn (1.2 vs. 0.3%) or died perinatally (1.8 vs. 0.4%) than children born to mothers without ID. They had a higher proportion of cesarean section birth (24.5 vs. 17.7%) and preterm birth (12.2 vs. 6.1%), were small for gestational age (8.4 vs. 3.1%) and had lower Apgar scores (<7 points at five minutes; 3.7 vs 1.5%) compared with children born to mothers without ID. Logistic regression adjusted for maternal characteristics confirmed an increased risk of small for gestational age (odds ratio 2.25), stillbirth (odds ratio 4.53) and perinatal death (odds ratio 4.25) in children born to mothers with ID.
conclusionsUnborn and newborn children of mothers with ID should be considered a risk group, and their mothers may need better individual-based care and support.
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