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Corchero-Falcón MDR, Gómez-Salgado J, García-Iglesias JJ, Camacho-Vega JC, Fagundo-Rivera J, Carrasco-González AM. Risk Factors for Working Pregnant Women and Potential Adverse Consequences of Exposure: A Systematic Review. Int J Public Health 2023; 68:1605655. [PMID: 36874222 PMCID: PMC9977819 DOI: 10.3389/ijph.2023.1605655] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2022] [Accepted: 02/06/2023] [Indexed: 02/18/2023] Open
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Objective: To assess the risk factors perceived as stressors by pregnant women in the work environment and the possible adverse consequences of such exposure for the normal development of pregnancy. Methods: Systematic review, guided by the PRISMA guidelines, and using Pubmed, Web of Science, Dialnet, SciELO, and REDIB databases. Methodological quality was assessed using the critical appraisal tools for non-randomised studies of the Joanna Briggs Institute. Results: A total of 38 studies were included. The main risk factors found in the work environment of pregnant women were chemical, psychosocial, physical-ergonomic-mechanical factors, and other work-related factors. The main adverse consequences of exposure to these factors include low birth weight, preterm birth, miscarriage, hypertension and pre-eclampsia, as well as various obstetric complications. Conclusion: During pregnancy, working conditions that are considered acceptable in normal situations may not be so during this stage due to the major changes that occur during pregnancy. Many obstetric effects may have an important impact in the mother's psychological status; therefore, it is important to optimise working conditions during this stage and to reduce or eliminate possible risks.
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- Department of Sociology, Social Work and Public Health, Faculty of Labour Sciences, University of Huelva, Huelva, Spain.,Safety and Health Postgraduate Programme, Universidad Espíritu Santo, Guayaquil, Ecuador
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- Department of Sociology, Social Work and Public Health, Faculty of Labour Sciences, University of Huelva, Huelva, Spain
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- Department of Building Construction II, Higher Technical School of Building Engineering, University of Seville, Seville, Spain
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Sánchez-Barricarte JJ, Sánchez-Arlegui A. Relationship between historical developments in the percentages of low birthweight and fetal mortality in Spain. GACETA SANITARIA 2022:S0213-9111(22)00164-9. [PMID: 36599717 DOI: 10.1016/j.gaceta.2022.102268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2022] [Revised: 09/26/2022] [Accepted: 09/27/2022] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To document the differences in low birthweight in different population subgroups and to analyze its possible relationship with fetal mortality rates in Spain. METHOD We used the microdata on live births and stillbirths since 1975 to 2020 from the Spanish National Statistics Institute to examine differentials in delivering a low birthweight controlling for different sociodemographic variables and to determine the relationship between low birthweight and fetal mortality. No statistical analysis was necessary beyond the calculation of percentages and rates. RESULTS The data at our disposal for Spain confirm the historical increase in the incidence of low birthweight and allow us to link trends in low birthweight with a decrease in the fetal mortality rate. When fetal mortality is high, the incidence of low birthweight is low, given that a natural selection effect takes place. CONCLUSIONS The surprising historical increase in the incidence of low birthweight in Spain can be explained by the improvement in mortality rates. As more fetuses of lower gestational age are born alive, cases of low birthweight also increase.
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["We see them from Monday to Friday:" Births by day of the week in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, 2004-2013]. Salud Colect 2020; 16:e3079. [PMID: 33374085 DOI: 10.18294/sc.2020.3079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2020] [Accepted: 10/20/2020] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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The objective of this article is to describe births according to their distribution by day of the week in order to characterize the scheduled or non-scheduled aspect of the labor and delivery process. A descriptive epidemiological study of the temporal distribution of the days of the week on which births occurred in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires was carried out for the period 2004-2013, based on the Statistical Reports of Live Births database of the Directorate of Statistics and Health Information at the National Ministry of Health. The following variables were analyzed using descriptive statistics: establishment (public or private sector), gestational age, maternal age, and mother's level of education. The analysis reveals that births decrease significantly on Saturdays and Sundays in both public and private establishments, with a greater decrease being observed in private establishments. Births at week 37 are more frequent in private establishments and decrease on non-working days. For mothers with higher levels education, fewer births occurred on weekends. Analyzing the day of the week on which births occur reveals the medicalization of the delivery process and could indicate that the scheduling and induction of births occur in private establishments to a greater extent than in public establishments.
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Apte A, Patil R, Lele P, Choudhari B, Bhattacharjee T, Bavdekar A, Juvekar S. Demographic surveillance over 12 years helps elicit determinants of low birth weights in India. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0218587. [PMID: 31291266 PMCID: PMC6619655 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0218587] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2018] [Accepted: 06/06/2019] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Low birth weight is an important predictor of maternal and child health. Birth weight is likely to be affected by maternal health, socioeconomic status and quality of health care facilities. OBJECTIVE To assess trends in the birth weight, the proportion of low birth weight, maternal factors and health care facilities for delivery in villages of Western Maharashtra from the year 2004 to 2016 and to analyze factors associated with low birth weight for total birth data of 2004-2016. METHODS Data collected for 19244 births from 22 villages in Vadu Health and Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS), Pune, Maharashtra, India from the year 2004 to 2016 were used for this analysis. RESULTS There was an overall increase in the annual mean birth weight from 2640.12 gram [95% CI 2602.21-2686.84] in the year 2004 to 2781.19 gram [95% CI 2749.49-2797.95] in the year 2016. There was no secular trend to show increase or decrease in the proportion of low weight at birth. Increasing maternal age (>18 years) compounded with better education, reduced parity and increasing number of institutional deliveries were significant trends observed during the past decade. Low birth weight was found to be associated with female gender, first birth order, poor maternal education and occupation as cultivation. CONCLUSION Changes in maternal age, education, occupation, and increased institutionalized deliveries contributed in to increasing birth weights in rural Maharashtra. Female gender, first birth order, poor maternal education and occupation of cultivation are associated with increased risk of low birth weight.
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- Aditi Apte
- Vadu Rural Health Program, KEM Hospital Research Centre, Pune, Maharashtra, India
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- Vadu Rural Health Program, KEM Hospital Research Centre, Pune, Maharashtra, India
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- Vadu Rural Health Program, KEM Hospital Research Centre, Pune, Maharashtra, India
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- Vadu Rural Health Program, KEM Hospital Research Centre, Pune, Maharashtra, India
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- Vadu Rural Health Program, KEM Hospital Research Centre, Pune, Maharashtra, India
- INDEPTH Network, East Legon, Accra, Ghana
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- Vadu Rural Health Program, KEM Hospital Research Centre, Pune, Maharashtra, India
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- Vadu Rural Health Program, KEM Hospital Research Centre, Pune, Maharashtra, India
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Juárez S, Revuelta-Eugercios BA, Ramiro-Fariñas D, Viciana-Fernández F. Maternal education and perinatal outcomes among Spanish women residing in southern Spain (2001-2011). Matern Child Health J 2015; 18:1814-22. [PMID: 24374730 DOI: 10.1007/s10995-013-1425-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Evidence suggests that educational differences in perinatal outcomes have increased in some countries (Eastern Europe) while remained stable in others (Scandinavian countries). However, less is known about the experience of Southern Europe. This study aims to evaluate the association between maternal education and perinatal outcomes derived from birthweight (low birthweight and macrosomia) and gestational age (pre-term and post-term births) among Spaniards living in the Autonomous Community of Andalusia during the period 2001-2011 (around 19 % of births in Spain); and to evaluate whether the educational differences narrowed or widened during that period, which includes both an economic boom (2001-2008) and the global economic crisis (2009-2011). This study uses the Andalusian Population Longitudinal Database and the Vital Statistics Data provided by the Spanish National Statistics Institute. We study live and singleton births of Spanish mothers who lived in Andalusia at the time of delivery (n = 404,951). ORs with 95 % confidence intervals (crude and adjusted) were estimated using multinomial regression models. A negative educational gradient is observed in all perinatal outcomes studied (i.e., the higher the educational status, the lower the risk of negative perinatal outcomes). However, when disaggregating the sample in two periods, the gradient is only statistically significant for pre-term birth during 2001-2008, while a full gradient is observed in all perinatal indicators in the period 2009-2011 with an increase in the educational inequalities in macrosomia and post-term. Further studies are needed in order to confirm whether there is a causal association between the widening of the educational differences in perinatal outcomes and the onset of the economic crisis in Spain, or the widening can be explained by other factors, such as changes in childbearing patterns and the composition of women accessing motherhood.
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- Sol Juárez
- Centre for Economic Demography, Lund University, Box 7083, 22007, Lund, Sweden,
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García AM, González-Galarzo MC, Ronda E, Ballester F, Estarlich M, Guxens M, Lertxundia A, Martinez-Argüelles B, Santa Marina L, Tardón A, Vrijheid M. Prevalence of exposure to occupational risks during pregnancy in Spain. Int J Public Health 2012; 57:817-26. [PMID: 22760548 DOI: 10.1007/s00038-012-0384-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2011] [Accepted: 06/07/2012] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES We describe reported exposures to main categories of occupational agents and conditions in Spanish pregnant workers. METHODS Women were recruited at 12th week of pregnancy from main public gynaecological consults to be included in the INMA Spanish cohorts study (n=2,058). Through personal interviews with structured questionnaires, information on working situation and working conditions during pregnancy was obtained. RESULTS Fifty percent of the women reported frequent exposure to physical load (standing, heavy lifting) and 45% reported exposure to three or more indicators of job strain. Exposure to at least one physical agent (noise, vibrations, etc.) affected 25% of the women. Exposure to chemicals was reported by 20% of the women, mostly including solvents and cleaning products. Eight percent of the women worked at night shifts. Job strain was more prevalent in office workers and industrial operators. Industrial workers showed the highest prevalence of exposure to chemical and physical pollutants. CONCLUSIONS Our data suggest that working conditions of pregnant women may need increased control in Spain.
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- Ana M García
- Departamento de Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad de Valencia, Avda. Tarongers 4b, 46021, Valencia, Spain,
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Matito A, Álvarez-Twose I, Morgado J, Sánchez-Muñoz L, Orfao A, Escribano L. Clinical Impact of Pregnancy in Mastocytosis: A Study of the Spanish Network on Mastocytosis (REMA) in 45 Cases. Int Arch Allergy Immunol 2011; 156:104-11. [DOI: 10.1159/000321954] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2010] [Accepted: 10/10/2010] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Ronda E, Moen BE, García AM, Sánchez-Paya J, Baste V. Pregnancy outcomes in female hairdressers. Int Arch Occup Environ Health 2010; 83:945-51. [PMID: 20130902 DOI: 10.1007/s00420-010-0517-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2009] [Accepted: 01/19/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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PURPOSE The hairdressing occupation may entail exposure to a wide range of chemical products, psychosocial and physical stress. All these factors may affect the health of a pregnant hairdresser and her offspring. Our aim was to analyse whether employment in this profession is associated with adverse reproductive effects. METHOD Female hairdressers working in the 248 hairdressing salons in Alicante (Spain), who became pregnant for the first time after 1990 were included (n = 94). The incidence of spontaneous abortions, number of children born and their birth weight and preterm delivery among hairdressers was compared with a control group of shop assistants and office workers (n = 138). Information was collected through personal interviews at their work place. A structured questionnaire was used gathering information concerning exposure variables including the use of chemical products, ventilation at the salons, work-related stress and hours of standing work. In addition, socio-demographic factors and smoking information were obtained. Crude and adjusted relative risks (RR) and 95% confidence intervals (95%CI) were calculated using logbinomial regression. RESULTS Hairdressers showed a non-significant increased risk of spontaneous abortions (RR = 1.6, 95%CI 0.9-2.7). There were no differences in preterm delivery and birth weight of the children born of mothers in the two groups. Among hairdressers, the RR of spontaneous abortion among those with high perceived work-related stress was 2.4 (95%CI: 0.2-28.3) relative to those with low or normal perceived stress. CONCLUSIONS A slightly increased risk of spontaneous abortion among hairdressers was found, mainly associated with perceived work-related stress. Observed results deserve further research.
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- Elena Ronda
- Public Health Research Group, University of Alicante, Carretera San Vicente del Raspeig s/n, 03690, Alicante, Spain.
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