SynthesisThe Journal of international medical research2023
Prevalence of preterm birth in Scandinavian countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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- Too much care? Increasing checkup frequencies and declining role of general practitioners in antenatal care in Norway (2010-2021).Scandinavian journal of primary health care · 2026Article
- Relative risk and excess fraction of preterm birth across maternal occupation and industry: a Danish nationwide register-based cohort study of employed pregnant women.Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health · 2026Article
- Outcomes of pregnancies complicated by maternal autoimmune diseases in Denmark, Finland, and Sweden: a multi-national population-based register study.AJOG global reports · 2026Article
- Preterm Birth in the West Bank, Palestine: Insights From a Hospital-Based Cohort Study.Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) · 2026Article
- Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 and preterm birth, clinical implications-A register-based cohort study from Sweden.Pregnancy (Hoboken, N.J.) · 2025Article
- Preterm birth in Latvia: Two-decade national trends, structure, and risk factors.Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica · 2025Article
- Survival assessment in extremely preterm neonates in a middle-income setting.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2025Article
- Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Pregnant Women and Hospital Staff Regarding Umbilical Cord Blood Banking: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- The role of bacterial genital infections in spontaneous preterm delivery: a case-control study.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2024Article
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Abstract
objectivesAs welfare societies, Scandinavian countries share characteristics of equality related to healthcare access, gender, and social services. However, cultural and lifestyle variations create country-specific health differences. This meta-analysis assessed the prevalence of preterm birth (PTB) and its categories in Scandinavian countries.
methodsA systematic search in key databases of literature published between 1990 and 2021 identified studies of the prevalence of PTB and its categories. Following the use of the Freeman-Tukey double arcsine transformation, a meta-analysis of weighted data was performed using the random-effects model and meta-prop method.
resultsWe identified 109 observational studies that involved 86,420,188 live births. The overall pooled prevalence (PP) of PTB was 5.3% (PP = 5.3%, 95% confidence interval [CI] 5.1%, 5.5%). The highest prevalence was in Norway (PP = 6.2%, 95% CI 5.3%, 7.0%), followed by Sweden (PP = 5.3%, 95% CI 5.1%, 5.4%), Denmark (PP = 5.2%, 95% CI 4.9%, 5.3%), and Iceland (PP = 5.0%, 95% CI 4.4%, 5.7%). Finland had the lowest PTB rate (PP = 4.9%, 95% CI 4.7%, 5.1%).
conclusionsThe overall PP of PTB was 5.3%, with small variations among countries (4.9%-6.2%). The highest and lowest PPs of PTB were in Norway and Finland, respectively.
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