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Do Syrian refugees have increased risk for worser pregnancy outcomes? Results of a tertiary center in İstanbul

OBJECTIVE: To compare obstetric and perinatal outcomes of Syrian refugee pregnants and Turkish counterparts who gave birth at a tertiary center in İstanbul. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A retrospective study including the birth records of 704 Syrian refugees and 744 Turkish pregnant women between January...

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Autores principales: Güngör, Emre Sinan, Seval, Olcay, İlhan, Gülşah, Verit, Fatma Ferda
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Galenos Publishing 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5894532/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29662712
http://dx.doi.org/10.4274/tjod.64022
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author Güngör, Emre Sinan
Seval, Olcay
İlhan, Gülşah
Verit, Fatma Ferda
author_facet Güngör, Emre Sinan
Seval, Olcay
İlhan, Gülşah
Verit, Fatma Ferda
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description OBJECTIVE: To compare obstetric and perinatal outcomes of Syrian refugee pregnants and Turkish counterparts who gave birth at a tertiary center in İstanbul. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A retrospective study including the birth records of 704 Syrian refugees and 744 Turkish pregnant women between January 2016 and May 2017 were analyzed. Demographic data, obstetric and neonatal outcomes were compared. The primary aims of this study were to evaluate the pregnancy outcomes and cesarean rates between the groups. The secondary outcomes were the use of antenatal vitamin supplementation, hemoglobin-hematocrit values, and maternal complications. RESULTS: Our results showed that the use of folic acid and iron supplementation rates during pregnancy were similar between the groups (folic acid supplementation 8.1% vs 6.5%, p=0.264; iron supplementation 20.7% vs 19.6%, p=0.125; respectively for Turkish women and Syrian refugees). Cesarean rates were significantly higher for Turkish patients than in Syrian refugees (42.7% vs 32.7%; p<0.05). Gestational age at delivery was significantly higher among Turkish women when compared with Syrian refugees (37.7±2.3 vs 36.4±2.3 weeks, p<0.05), but there was no significant difference regarding the birtweights’ of the newborns (3134 g vs 3066 g for Turkish women and Syrian refugees, respectively, p=0.105). Although obstetric complications were seen more often in Syrian refugees, it did not reach statistical difference (9.7% vs 8.1%, respectively, p=0.285). CONCLUSION: Syrian refugees use antenatal vitamin supplementations at similar rates to Turkish citizens and obstetric and perinatal outcomes are similar between the groups.
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spelling pubmed-58945322018-04-16 Do Syrian refugees have increased risk for worser pregnancy outcomes? Results of a tertiary center in İstanbul Güngör, Emre Sinan Seval, Olcay İlhan, Gülşah Verit, Fatma Ferda Turk J Obstet Gynecol Clinical Investigation OBJECTIVE: To compare obstetric and perinatal outcomes of Syrian refugee pregnants and Turkish counterparts who gave birth at a tertiary center in İstanbul. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A retrospective study including the birth records of 704 Syrian refugees and 744 Turkish pregnant women between January 2016 and May 2017 were analyzed. Demographic data, obstetric and neonatal outcomes were compared. The primary aims of this study were to evaluate the pregnancy outcomes and cesarean rates between the groups. The secondary outcomes were the use of antenatal vitamin supplementation, hemoglobin-hematocrit values, and maternal complications. RESULTS: Our results showed that the use of folic acid and iron supplementation rates during pregnancy were similar between the groups (folic acid supplementation 8.1% vs 6.5%, p=0.264; iron supplementation 20.7% vs 19.6%, p=0.125; respectively for Turkish women and Syrian refugees). Cesarean rates were significantly higher for Turkish patients than in Syrian refugees (42.7% vs 32.7%; p<0.05). Gestational age at delivery was significantly higher among Turkish women when compared with Syrian refugees (37.7±2.3 vs 36.4±2.3 weeks, p<0.05), but there was no significant difference regarding the birtweights’ of the newborns (3134 g vs 3066 g for Turkish women and Syrian refugees, respectively, p=0.105). Although obstetric complications were seen more often in Syrian refugees, it did not reach statistical difference (9.7% vs 8.1%, respectively, p=0.285). CONCLUSION: Syrian refugees use antenatal vitamin supplementations at similar rates to Turkish citizens and obstetric and perinatal outcomes are similar between the groups. Galenos Publishing 2018-03 2018-03-29 /pmc/articles/PMC5894532/ /pubmed/29662712 http://dx.doi.org/10.4274/tjod.64022 Text en ©Copyright 2018 by Turkish Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology Turkish Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology published by Galenos Publishing House. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Güngör, Emre Sinan
Seval, Olcay
İlhan, Gülşah
Verit, Fatma Ferda
Do Syrian refugees have increased risk for worser pregnancy outcomes? Results of a tertiary center in İstanbul
title Do Syrian refugees have increased risk for worser pregnancy outcomes? Results of a tertiary center in İstanbul
title_full Do Syrian refugees have increased risk for worser pregnancy outcomes? Results of a tertiary center in İstanbul
title_fullStr Do Syrian refugees have increased risk for worser pregnancy outcomes? Results of a tertiary center in İstanbul
title_full_unstemmed Do Syrian refugees have increased risk for worser pregnancy outcomes? Results of a tertiary center in İstanbul
title_short Do Syrian refugees have increased risk for worser pregnancy outcomes? Results of a tertiary center in İstanbul
title_sort do syrian refugees have increased risk for worser pregnancy outcomes? results of a tertiary center in i̇stanbul
topic Clinical Investigation
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5894532/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29662712
http://dx.doi.org/10.4274/tjod.64022
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