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Factors predicting antenatal hospital admission in pregnancy
1Department of Community Medicine and General Practice, University Medical Centre, Trondheim, Norway.
Objective:
To identify factors predicting hospital admission in pregnancy before the delivery.
Design:
A case-control study within a cohort study of pregnant women admitted and not admitted to hospital during pregnancy.
Setting:
University obstetric departments in three Scandinavian cities.
Subjects:
451 parous pregnant women attending antenatal care. Eighty-eight women were admitted to hospital before delivery, and 363 women were not hospitalized.
Main Outcome Measures:
Antepartum hospital admission in pregnancy.
Results:
There were significant differences between the groups with respect to health-related characteristics to explain the observed difference in hospital admission. Furthermore, significantly more women hospitalized in pregnancy had experienced severe life events.
Conclusion:
Factors predictive of hospital admission were identified as pregnancy complications, adverse reproductive health history, and severe life events.