Τίτλος:
PRETERM DELIVERY AND LOW-BIRTH-WEIGHT AMONG REFUGEES IN GREECE
Γλώσσες Τεκμηρίου:
Αγγλικά
Περίληψη:
Recently Greece received a large number of refugees mainly from Eastern
European countries, Middle East, Africa and the Pontus region. Refugee
status, implying psychosocial adversities and financial problems, has
traditionally been associated with unfavourable pregnancy outcome. This
study aimed to compare the incidence of preterm delivery and low
birthweight among 638 refugees and 1231 indigenous women giving birth at
the same hospital in Athens. Conditional logistic regression was used in
the analysis to account for parity and delivery date (matching
variables) as well as controlling explicitly for maternal age and gender
of the neonate. It was demonstrated that refugee status did not overall
influence the occurrence of preterm delivery or low birthweight, thus
implying that these two variables are not sensitive or early indicators
of the adverse effects of psychosocial stress suffered by refugees.
Συγγραφείς:
MALAMITSIPUCHNER, A
TZALA, L
MINARETZIS, D
MICHALAS, S and
ARAVANTINOS, D
Περιοδικό:
PAEDIATRIC AND PERINATAL EPIDEMIOLOGY
DOI:
10.1111/j.1365-3016.1994.tb00477.x
