Temporal changes in pre-existing health conditions five years prior to pregnancy in British Columbia, Canada, 2000-2019

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BACKGROUND: Pre-existing health conditions increase the risk of obstetric complications during pregnancy and birth. However, the prevalence and recent changes in the frequency of pre-existing health conditions in the childbearing population remain unknown.

OBJECTIVES: To estimate the temporal changes in the prevalence of pre-existing health conditions among pregnant women in British Columbia, Canada.

METHODS: We carried out a population-based cross-sectional study of 825,203 deliveries in BC between 2000 and 2019 and examined 17 categories of physical and psychiatric health conditions recorded within 5 years before childbirth. We also undertook age-period-cohort analyses to evaluate temporal changes in pre-existing health conditions.

RESULTS: The prevalence of any pre-existing health condition was 26.2% (n = 216,214) with overall trends remaining stable during the study period. Between 2000 and 2019, the prevalence rates of anxiety (5.6%-9.6%), bipolar (1.6%-3.4%), psychosis (0.7%-0.8%), and eating disorders (0.2%-0.3%) increased. The prevalence of hypertension increased sharply from 0.06% in 2000 to 0.3% in 2019. Diabetes mellitus and stroke rates increased, as did the prevalence of systemic lupus, multiple sclerosis, and chronic kidney disease. Advanced maternal age was strongly associated with both psychiatric and circulatory/metabolic conditions. A strong birth cohort effect was evident, with rates of psychiatric conditions increasing among women born after 1985.

CONCLUSIONS: In British Columbia, Canada, 1 in 4 mothers had a pre-existing health condition 5 years prior to pregnancy. These findings underscore the need for multi-disciplinary care for women with pre-existing health conditions to improve maternal, foetal, and infant health.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

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Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology - (2024) vom: 17. Feb.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Lundborg, Louise [VerfasserIn]
Joseph, K S [VerfasserIn]
Lisonkova, Sarka [VerfasserIn]
Chan, Wee-Shian [VerfasserIn]
Wen, Qi [VerfasserIn]
Ananth, Cande V [VerfasserIn]
Razaz, Neda [VerfasserIn]

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Birth cohort
Chronic disease
Journal Article
Pre-existing health conditions
Pregnancy
Trends

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Date Revised 15.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

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doi:

10.1111/ppe.13060

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NLM368568067