Intrauterine growth retardation and premature delivery: the influence of maternal smoking and psychosocial factors.

Nordentoft, Merete; Lou, Hans C.; Hansen, Dennis Lund; Nim, J.; Pryds, Ole; Rubin, P; Hemmingsen, Ralf

doi:10.2105/ajph.86.3.347

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“…The negative impact of smoking on pregnancy outcome has been known for decades [13,23]. In addition to other results [6], the presented study showed that it is not CSA itself but physical abuse, likely in combination with CSA, which seems to be relevant for this association.…”

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Risk factors for unfavorable pregnancy outcome in women with adverse childhood experiences

Leeners

Rath

Block³

et al. 2013

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

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Aims: To explore the association between childhood sexual abuse (CSA), physical abuse, as well as other adverse childhood experiences (ACE), and different obstetrical risk factors/behaviors. Methods: In this cohort study, obstetrical risk factors and perinatal outcome in 85 women exposed to CSA were compared to 170 matched unexposed women. CSA, physical abuse, and ACE were explored by face-to-face interviews and by questionnaire. Data on perinatal outcome were extracted from medical charts. Fisher's exact, χ 2 -test, and multiple logistic regression were used for statistical analysis. Results: During pregnancy women with CSA experiences were significantly more often smoking (31.7%/9.4%; P < 0.0001), had partners abusing drugs (10.6%/1.2%; P < 0.0005), experienced physical (16.5%/0; P < 0.0001), sexual (12.9%/0; P < 0.0001), and emotional abuse (44.7%/1.7%; P < 0.0001), reported depression (24.7%/1.8%; P < 0.0001), and suicidal ideation (10.6%/0; P < 0.0001) than women without CSA experiences. Differences in risk factors were more often correlated with physical than with sexual abuse during childhood. The probability for premature delivery was associated with CSA, physical abuse and ACE as well as with several of the risk factors investigated. Conclusion: Women with CSA, physical, and ACE present with a variety of abuse-associated obstetrical risk factors and an increased risk for premature delivery. Therefore, all types of abusive and other ACE should be considered in prenatal care.

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Risk factors for unfavorable pregnancy outcome in women with adverse childhood experiences

Leeners

Rath

Block³

et al. 2013

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

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“…A third reason is that only few studies have controlled the association for confounding variables such as parity, gestational age (GA), socio-economic status, age, morbidity and anthropometry of the mother. The findings in most studies, however, suggest that the contribution of maternal stress to LBW, either directly or mediated through health-risk behaviours, such as cigarette smoking, alcohol intake (Pagel et al, 1990;Pritchard & Teo, 1994;Copper et al, 1996;Nordentoft et al, 1996;Jacobsen et al, 1997;Paarlberg et al, 1999), and probably coffee intake, should be considered seriously (Aarst & Vingerhoets, 1993;Hedegaard et al, 1996). Therefore, we decided to carry out a large prospective study, evaluating: (1) the associations between maternal psychological stress, distress and LBW, prematurity, and IUGR; (2) the interactions between maternal stress, distress and smoking, alcohol and coffee intake; (3) the prevalences of stress and distress in pregnancy.…”

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Maternal psychological stress and distress as predictors of low birth weight, prematurity and intrauterine growth retardation

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“…Smoking or drinking alcohol (at least 'occasionally') were considered disadvantageous for the child since these conditions are considered harmful by many authors as they can cause intrauterine growth retardation and other adverse health outcomes like behavioural and psychosocial problems in childhood (18)(19).…”

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Assessment of Environmental and Socio-economic Stress

Helm¹,

Laußmann²,

Eis³

2010

Cent Eur J Public Health

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SUMMARYSince long, socio-economic status, often expressed as an index, is known to correlate with health outcomes like behavioural problems. We constructed a new index that encapsulated not only economic and social but also environmental stressors (ESES), using data of the German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Children and Adolescents, a nation-wide representative surveillance of 17,641 participants aged between 0-17 years. Different factors were selected to account for socio-economic stress (low parental education, low household income, low occupational status of the householder), domestic stress (living in large cities, exposure to tobacco smoke at home, crowded housing, mouldy walls), and prenatal stress (maternal smoking during pregnancy, drinking alcohol during pregnancy). Prior to the calculation of ESES, the different factors were multiplied by weights which were estimated by multivariate linear regression on a number of health outcomes. ESES was then used to predict emotional and social problems (SDQ scores). The resulting ORs were compared with those obtained for an established socio-economic index (SEI). ESES was superior to SEI as it could more clearly identify children and adolescents with emotional or social problems. Different types of stressors (i.e. socio-economic stress, domestic stress and prenatal stress) contributed independently to emotional and social problems.

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Intrauterine growth retardation and premature delivery: the influence of maternal smoking and psychosocial factors.

Cited by 269 publications

References 43 publications

Risk factors for unfavorable pregnancy outcome in women with adverse childhood experiences

Risk factors for unfavorable pregnancy outcome in women with adverse childhood experiences

Maternal psychological stress and distress as predictors of low birth weight, prematurity and intrauterine growth retardation

Assessment of Environmental and Socio-economic Stress

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