Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology
Volume 8, Issue 4, 1994, Pages 384-390

Preterm delivery and low birthweight among refugees in Greece (Article)

Malamitsi‐Puchner A.* , Tzala L. , Minaretzis D. , Michalas S. , Aravantinos D.
  • a Department of Neonatology, University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece
  • b Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece
  • c 1St Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece
  • d 1St Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece
  • e 1St Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece

Abstract

Summary. 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. Copyright © 1994, Wiley Blackwell. All rights reserved

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refugee Maternal Age poverty pregnancy complication human Refugees Odds Ratio Middle East controlled study mental stress Eastern Europe premature labor Adolescent Infant, Newborn male female Risk Factors Africa Greece pregnancy Infant, Low Birth Weight Article delivery fetus growth low birth weight pregnancy outcome adult human experiment Sex Factors normal human parity
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DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3016.1994.tb00477.x
ISSN: 02695022
Cited by: 15
Original Language: English