Jove
Visualize
Contact Us
JoVE
x logofacebook logolinkedin logoyoutube logo
ABOUT JoVE
OverviewLeadershipBlogJoVE Help Center
AUTHORS
Publishing ProcessEditorial BoardScope & PoliciesPeer ReviewFAQSubmit
LIBRARIANS
TestimonialsSubscriptionsAccessResourcesLibrary Advisory BoardFAQ
RESEARCH
JoVE JournalMethods CollectionsJoVE Encyclopedia of ExperimentsArchive
EDUCATION
JoVE CoreJoVE BusinessJoVE Science EducationJoVE Lab ManualFaculty Resource CenterFaculty Site
Terms & Conditions of Use
Privacy Policy
Policies

Related Experiment Videos

An obstetric scoring system: its development and application in obstetric management

A J Knox1, L Sadler, N S Pattison

  • 1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, National Women's Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand.

Obstetrics and Gynecology
|February 1, 1993
PubMed
Summary

A new antenatal risk scoring system was developed using statistical analysis of over 20,000 pregnancies. This clinically usable tool accurately identifies high-risk pregnancies with high predictive accuracy.

Related Concept Videos

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by
Same author

What is Known About Critical Congenital Heart Disease Diagnosis and Management Experiences from the Perspectives of Family and Healthcare Providers? A Systematic Integrative Literature Review.

Pediatric cardiology·2022
Same author

Top 10 priorities for future infertility research: an international consensus development study.

Fertility and sterility·2020
Same author

Top 10 priorities for future infertility research: an international consensus development study†  ‡.

Human reproduction (Oxford, England)·2020
Same author

Alleviating anxiety in patients prior to MRI: A pilot single-centre single-blinded randomised controlled trial to compare video demonstration or telephone conversation with a radiographer versus routine intervention.

Radiography (London, England : 1995)·2018
Same author

Diagnostic and prognostic significance of systemic alkyl quinolones for P. aeruginosa in cystic fibrosis: A longitudinal study; response to comments.

Journal of cystic fibrosis : official journal of the European Cystic Fibrosis Society·2017
Same author

Evaluation of the PPAR-γ Agonist Pioglitazone in Mild Asthma: A Double-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial.

PloS one·2016

Area of Science:

  • Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Medical Statistics
  • Maternal Health

Background:

  • Antenatal care aims to identify and manage pregnancies at risk of adverse outcomes.
  • Existing risk assessment tools may lack statistical rigor or clinical usability.
  • A need exists for a validated, statistically derived antenatal risk scoring system.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a statistically derived yet clinically applicable risk scoring system for antenatal care.
  • To identify significant risk factors influencing pregnancy outcomes through statistical analysis.
  • To validate the developed scoring system on an independent cohort.

Main Methods:

  • Statistical analysis of data from 20,985 pregnancies to identify significant risk factors.
  • Logistic regression analysis to construct the final antenatal risk scoring system.

Related Experiment Videos

  • Validation of the scoring system using a separate population of 3120 pregnancies.

    • Main Results:

    • Twenty-seven significant antenatal variables were incorporated into the final scoring system.
    • Predictive accuracy of the system was 0.73 in early pregnancy and 0.91 at labor onset.
    • At labor, 87% of poor outcomes were identified by classifying only 16% of women as high-risk.

    Conclusions:

    • A statistically derived antenatal risk scoring system with high predictive accuracy was successfully developed.
    • The system, based on logistic coefficients, allows clinicians to quickly identify high-risk pregnancies.
    • This scoring system offers improved predictive accuracy compared to previously reported methods.