Interpregnancy interval after a miscarriage and obstetric outcomes in the subsequent pregnancy in a low-income setting, Nigeria: A cohort study.

Autor:	Lawani LO; Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.; Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Federal University Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki, Nigeria., Enebe JT; Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, College of Medicine, Enugu State University of Science and Technology Teaching Hospital, Enugu, Nigeria., Eze P; Department of Health Policy and Administration, Penn State University, University Park, PA, USA., Igboke FN; Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Federal University Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki, Nigeria., Ukaegbe CI; Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Federal University Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki, Nigeria., Ugwu MO; Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu, Nigeria., Agu UJ; Department of Paediatrics, Enugu State University Teaching Hospital, Enugu, Nigeria., Onyinye EN; Department of Community Medicine, University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH), Enugu, Nigeria., Iyoke CA; Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu, Nigeria.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	SAGE open medicine [SAGE Open Med] 2022 Jun 26; Vol. 10, pp. 20503121221105589. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Jun 26 (Print Publication: 2022).
DOI:	10.1177/20503121221105589
Abstrakt:	Objectives: The aim of this study was to determine and compare the occurrence of adverse pregnancy outcomes in a cohort of pregnant women with interpregnancy interval of < and ⩾6 months (short and normal interpregnancy interval, respectively) following a spontaneous miscarriage in their last pregnancies. Methods: This was a cohort study that involved pregnant women with a spontaneous pregnancy loss in their last pregnancies. They were recruited at a gestational age of 13-15 weeks and followed up to determine the obstetric and foetal outcomes of their pregnancies at four tertiary hospitals in Nigeria from July 2018 to September 2019. Data collected were analysed using SPSS version 26.0. A Chi-square and multivariate logistic regression analysis were done, and a p-value of less than 0.05 was assumed to be statistically significant. Results: A total of 705 participants were studied, out of which 448 (63.5%) and 257 (36.5%) of the participants had short and normal interpregnancy interval after a spontaneous miscarriage. Over 80% of the participants had first-trimester pregnancy losses and were managed with manual vacuum aspiration in 73.3% of the cases. The majority, 87.5% for the normal interpregnancy interval cohort and 86.4% for the short interpregnancy interval cohort, had live births, while 8.5% and 10.1% of the women in the normal and short interpregnancy interval cohorts, respectively, had repeat miscarriages. There was no statistical difference in the occurrence of live births and repeat miscarriages between both cohorts (p > 0.05). There was no increased risk of occurrence of adverse foetomaternal outcomes in both groups (p > 0.05). Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that there was no statistical difference in the occurrence adverse foetomaternal outcomes between the studied cohorts (p > 0.05). Conclusion: There was no significant difference in the occurrence of adverse maternal and foetal outcomes in the cohorts of mothers with short and normal interpregnancy interval following miscarriages in their last previous pregnancies. Competing Interests: Declaration of conflicting interests: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship and/or publication of this article. (© The Author(s) 2022.)
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