The association between interpregnancy interval and severe maternal morbidities using revised national birth certificate data: A probabilistic bias analysis

Background Severe maternal morbidity continues to be on the rise in the US. Short birth spacing is a modifiable risk factor associated with maternal morbidity, yet few studies have examined this association, possibly due to few available data sources to examine these rare events. Objective To examin...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology 2020-07, Vol.34 (4), p.469-480
Main Authors: De Silva, Dane A., Thoma, Marie E.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bias
Birth
birth certificate
Birth certificates
birth spacing
Blood transfusion
Confidence intervals
Health risk assessment
interpregnancy interval
maternal morbidity
Morbidity
probabilistic bias
Probabilistic methods
Risk analysis
Risk factors
Rupture
Rupturing
Statistical analysis
Transfusion
Uterus
Vagina
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Background Severe maternal morbidity continues to be on the rise in the US. Short birth spacing is a modifiable risk factor associated with maternal morbidity, yet few studies have examined this association, possibly due to few available data sources to examine these rare events. Objective To examine the association between interpregnancy interval (IPI) and severe maternal morbidity using near‐national birth certificate data and account for known under‐reporting using probabilistic bias analysis. Methods We used revised 2014‐2017 birth certificate data, restricting to resident women with a non–first‐born singleton birth. We examined the following: (a) maternal blood transfusion, (b) admission to intensive care unit (ICU), (c) uterine rupture (among women with a prior caesarean delivery) and (d) third‐ or fourth‐degree perineal laceration (among vaginal deliveries) by IPI categories (
ISSN:0269-5022
1365-3016
DOI:10.1111/ppe.12560