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[Is the socioeconomic deprivation EPICES score useful in obstetrics?]
M Convers1, A Langeron, C Sass
1Département de gynécologie-obstétrique et médecine de la reproduction, hôpital Nord, CHU de Saint-Étienne, avenue Albert-Raimond, 42000 Saint-Étienne, France.
Objectives:
To describe a validated and multifactorial deprivation score to study the relationship between socioeconomic deprivation and perinatal risks.
Patients And Methods:
The index of deprivation EPICES (Evaluation of Precarity and Inequalities in Health Examination Centers) was used to characterize the deprivation status of 234 women in post-partum in comparison with perinatal morbidity. The cutoff value of 30.7 was the threshold to define deprivation.
Results:
Two hundred and eight patients were included in this retrospective study from whom 48 (23%) had a score of deprivation higher than 30.7. Maternofetal morbidity was more severe in deprived patients.
Discussion And Conclusion:
The current results show that the EPICES score could be a useful obstetrical tool for the identification of deprived women during pregnancy.
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