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ArticleBMC pregnancy and childbirth2020

Pre-existingmental health disorders affect pregnancy and neonatal outcomes: a retrospectivecohort study.

Kotryna Sūdžiūtė, Greta Murauskienė, Kristina Jarienė, Algirdas Jaras, Meilė Minkauskienė, Virginija Adomaitienė, Irena Nedzelskienė

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Article in BMC pregnancy and childbirth, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kotryna SūdžiūtėFaculty of medicine, Clinic of Psychiatry, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Medical Academy, Eivenių street 2, LT-50161, Kaunas, Lithuania. ksudziute@gmail.com.
Greta MurauskienėFaculty of medicine, Clinic of Psychiatry, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Medical Academy, Eivenių street 2, LT-50161, Kaunas, Lithuania.
Kristina JarienėFaculty of medicine, Clinic of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Medical academy, Eivenių street 2, LT-50161, Kaunas, Lithuania.
Algirdas JarasFaculty of medicine, Clinic of Psychiatry, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Medical Academy, Eivenių street 2, LT-50161, Kaunas, Lithuania.
Meilė MinkauskienėFaculty of medicine, Clinic of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Medical academy, Eivenių street 2, LT-50161, Kaunas, Lithuania.
Virginija AdomaitienėFaculty of medicine, Clinic of Psychiatry, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Medical Academy, Eivenių street 2, LT-50161, Kaunas, Lithuania.
Irena NedzelskienėFaculty of Odontology, Clinic of Dental and Oral Pathology, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Medical Academy, Eivenių Street 2, LT-50161, Kaunas, Lithuania.
Lithuanian University of Health Sciences · LT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThis was a hospital registry-based retrospective age-matched cohort study that aimed to compare pregnancy and neonatal outcomes of women with pre-existing mental disorders with those of mentally healthy women.

methodsA matched cohort retrospective study was carried out in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hospital of Lithuanian University of Health Sciences Kauno Klinikos, a tertiary health care institution. Medical records of pregnant women who gave birth from 2006 to 2015 were used. The study group was comprised of 131 pregnant women with mental disorders matched to 228 mentally healthy controls. The primary outcomes assessed were antenatal care characteristics; secondary outcomes were neonatal complications.

resultsPregnant women with pre-existing mental health disorders were significantly more likely to have low education, be unmarried and unemployed, have a disability that led to lower working capacity, smoke more frequently, have chronic concomitant diseases, attend fewer antenatal visits, gain less weight, be hospitalized during pregnancy, spend more time in hospital during the postpartum period, and were less likely to breastfeed their newborns. The newborns of women with pre-existing mental disorders were small for gestational age (SGA) more often than those of healthy controls (12.9% vs. 7.6%, p < 0.05). No difference was found comparing the methods of delivery.

conclusionsWomen with pre-existing mental health disorders had a worse course of pregnancy. Mental illness increased the risk to deliver a SGA newborn (RR 2.055, 95% CI 1.081-3.908).

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AdultCase-Control StudiesCohort StudiesFemaleHumansInfant, NewbornInfant, Small for Gestational AgeLithuaniaMental DisordersPregnancyPregnancy ComplicationsPregnancy OutcomePrenatal CareRegistriesRetrospective Studiesantenatal caredelivery outcomesmental disordersneonatal outcomespregnancy

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