Trial reportPloS one2014
A history of abuse and operative delivery--results from a European multi-country cohort study.
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- Childhood abuse and perinatal outcomes for mother and child: A systematic review of the literature.PloS one · 2024Pooled it
- Birth Outcomes After Sexual Violence and the Role of Disclosure to the Maternity Care Provider.Birth (Berkeley, Calif.) · 2026Article
- Mapping the gendered dynamics of cesarean section: A scoping review.PLOS global public health · 2026Article
- Prevalence of a history of violence and domestic violence during pregnancy in Iceland and related risk factors during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Article
- The Consequences of A History of Violence on Women's Pregnancy and Childbirth in the Nordic Countries: A Scoping Review.Trauma, violence & abuse · 2024Article
- Childbirth experiences of women with a history of physical, sexual, and child abuse: a cross-sectional study of 2,575 Russian women.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2024Article
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- Physical Intimate Partner Violence and Maternal Outcomes in a Hospital-Based Sample of Pregnant Women in Jordan.Florence Nightingale journal of nursing · 2022Article
- Intergenerational effects of violence on women's perinatal wellbeing and infant health outcomes: evidence from a birth cohort study in Central Vietnam.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2021Article
- Ethiopian Health Care Workers' Insights into and Responses to Intimate Partner Violence in Pregnancy-A Qualitative Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Birth outcomes in a Swedish population of women reporting a history of violence including domestic violence during pregnancy: a longitudinal cohort study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2020Article
- Midwives experiences of meeting pregnant women who are exposed to Intimate-Partner Violence at in-hospital prenatal ward: A qualitative study.European journal of midwifery · 2020Article
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- Impact of maternal antepartum depressive and anxiety symptoms on birth outcomes and mode of delivery: a prospective cohort study in east and west coasts of Malaysia.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2019Article
- The Safe Pregnancy study - promoting safety behaviours in antenatal care among Norwegian, Pakistani and Somali pregnant women: a study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.BMC public health · 2019Article
- Domestic violence and perinatal outcomes - a prospective cohort study from Nepal.BMC public health · 2019Article
- Theoretical Insights into Preconception Social Conditions and Perinatal Health: The Role of Place and Social Relationships.Population research and policy review · 2017Article
- Stressors Across the Life-Course and Preterm Delivery: Evidence From a Pregnancy Cohort.Maternal and child health journal · 2017Article
- History of violence and subjective health of mother and child.Scandinavian journal of primary health care · 2016Article
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13 authors at 10 institutions in 6 countries.
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Abstract
objectiveThe main aim of this study was to assess whether a history of abuse, reported during pregnancy, was associated with an operative delivery. Secondly, we assessed if the association varied according to the type of abuse and if the reported abuse had been experienced as a child or an adult.
designThe Bidens study, a cohort study in six European countries (Belgium, Iceland, Denmark, Estonia, Norway, and Sweden) recruited 6724 pregnant women attending routine antenatal care. History of abuse was assessed through questionnaire and linked to obstetric information from hospital records. The main outcome measure was operative delivery as a dichotomous variable, and categorized as an elective caesarean section (CS), or an operative vaginal birth, or an emergency CS. Non-obstetrically indicated were CSs performed on request or for psychological reasons without another medical reason. Binary and multinomial regression analysis were used to assess the associations.
resultsAmong 3308 primiparous women, sexual abuse as an adult (≥ 18 years) increased the risk of an elective CS, Adjusted Odds Ratio 2.12 (1.28-3.49), and the likelihood for a non-obstetrically indicated CS, OR 3.74 (1.24-11.24). Women expressing current suffering from the reported adult sexual abuse had the highest risk for an elective CS, AOR 4.07 (1.46-11.3). Neither physical abuse (in adulthood or childhood <18 years), nor sexual abuse in childhood increased the risk of any operative delivery among primiparous women. Among 3416 multiparous women, neither sexual, nor emotional abuse was significantly associated with any kind of operative delivery, while physical abuse had an increased AOR for emergency CS of 1.51 (1.05-2.19).
conclusionSexual abuse as an adult increases the risk of an elective CS among women with no prior birth experience, in particular for non-obstetrical reasons. Among multiparous women, a history of physical abuse increases the risk of an emergency CS.
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