SynthesisClinical medicine (London, England)2013
Pregnancy: occupational aspects of management: concise guidance.
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21 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Pregnancy, obstetrical and neonatal outcomes in women exposed to physician-related occupational hazards: a scoping review.BMJ open · 2023Pooled it
- Systematic review of interventions targeting sickness absence among pregnant women in healthcare settings and workplaces.BMJ open · 2018Pooled it
- Factors influencing the adjustment of pregnant nurses in continuing to provide nursing care: a qualitative content analysis.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2026Article
- Adjustment strategies among Iranian pregnant nurses in continuing nursing care: a qualitative content analysis.BMC nursing · 2025Article
- Pregnancy complications and loss: an observational survey comparing anesthesiologists and obstetrician-gynecologists.The journal of maternal-fetal & neonatal medicine : the official journal of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, the Federation of Asia and Oceania Perinatal Societies, the International Society of Perinatal Obstetricians · 2024Observational
- Associations of Night Shift Status During Pregnancy With Small for Gestational Age and Preterm Births.Journal of Korean medical science · 2024Article
- Impact of maternal posture on fetal physiology in human pregnancy: a narrative review.Frontiers in physiology · 2024Review
- Feasibility and Usability of the Job Adjustment Mobile App for Pregnant Women: Longitudinal Observational Study.JMIR formative research · 2023Article
- Physical exposures in the work environment during pregnancy - a challenge for risk assessment.Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health · 2023Article
- Prevention and Therapy of Preterm Birth. Guideline of the DGGG, OEGGG and SGGG (S2k-Level, AWMF Registry Number 015/025, September 2022) - Part 1 with Recommendations on the Epidemiology, Etiology, Prediction, Primary and Secondary Prevention of Preterm Birth.Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde · 2023Article
- Review
- Shift and night work during pregnancy and preterm birth-a cohort study of Swedish health care employees.International journal of epidemiology · 2022Article
- Integrated Proteomics and Metabolomics Analysis in Pregnant Rat Hippocampus After Circadian Rhythm Inversion.Frontiers in physiology · 2022Article
- Effects of long working hours and shift work during pregnancy on obstetric and perinatal outcomes: A large prospective cohort study-Japan Environment and Children's Study.Birth (Berkeley, Calif.) · 2020Article
- Reducing the Risk of Preterm Birth by Ambulatory Risk Factor Management.Deutsches Arzteblatt international · 2019Review
- Prevention and Therapy of Preterm Birth. Guideline of the DGGG, OEGGG and SGGG (S2k Level, AWMF Registry Number 015/025, February 2019) - Part 1 with Recommendations on the Epidemiology, Etiology, Prediction, Primary and Secondary Prevention of Preterm Birth.Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde · 2019Article
- Implementation, mechanisms and effects of maternity protection legislation: a realist narrative review of the literature.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2018Review
- Protection of pregnant women at work in Switzerland: practices, obstacles and resources. A mixed-methods study protocol.BMJ open · 2018Article
- Article
- Role of maternal occupational physical activity and psychosocial stressors on adverse birth outcomes.Occupational and environmental medicine · 2017Article
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Abstract
Most pregnant women are exposed to some physical activity at work. This Concise Guidance is aimed at doctors advising healthy women with uncomplicated singleton pregnancies about the risks arising from five common workplace exposures (prolonged working hours, shift work, lifting, standing and heavy physical workload). The adverse outcomes considered are: miscarriage, preterm delivery, small for gestational age, low birth weight, pre-eclampsia and gestational hypertension. Systematic review of the literature indicates that these exposures are unlikely to carry much of an increased risk for any of the outcomes, since small apparent effects might be explicable in terms of chance, bias, or confounding, while larger and better studies yield lower estimated risks compared with smaller and weaker studies. In general, patients can be reassured that such work is associated with little, if any, adverse effect on pregnancy. Moreover, moderate physical exercise is thought to be healthy in pregnancy and most pregnant women undertake some physical work at home. The guidelines provide risk estimates and advice on counselling.
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