Modifiable risk factors for stillbirth: a literature review

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dc.check.date2020-09-24
dc.check.infoAccess to this article is restricted until 12 months after publication by request of the publisher.en
dc.contributor.authorMeaney, Sarah
dc.contributor.authorO'Donoghue, Keelin
dc.contributor.authorEscañuela Sánchez, Tamara
dc.contributor.funderScience Foundation Irelanden
dc.date.accessioned2019-10-18T10:19:01Z
dc.date.available2019-10-18T10:19:01Z
dc.date.issued2019-09-24
dc.date.updated2019-10-18T09:50:57Z
dc.description.abstractA stillbirth is defined as an infant born weighing 500 g and/or more or at a gestational age of 24 weeks who shows no signs of life. Having a stillborn baby has a wide range of consequences that can affect parents, family and the healthcare professionals involved. Several risk factors have been associated with an increased risk of stillbirth: including maternal medical factors, maternal characteristics, fetal factors, sociodemographic factors and behavioral factors. The aim of this work is to review the literature on risk factors that have a behavioral component. The main behaviors modulating the risk of stillbirth that have been more widely studied in the literature include use of substances (smoking, alcohol, illicit drugs and medical drugs), weight management, attendance at antenatal care and sleeping position. There is evidence in the literature that supports that all those behaviors have an impact on the risk of stillbirth, especially in the cases of smoking and drugs consumption during the pregnancy. Hence, more research is needed to establish interventions targeting these behaviors as preventive measures to reduce the risk of adverse obstetric outcomes.en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
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dc.identifier.articleid102539en
dc.identifier.citationEscañuela Sánchez T., Meaney S. and O'Donoghue K. (2019) 'Modifiable risk factors for stillbirth: a literature review', Midwifery, 79, 102539 (8 pp). doi: 10.1016/j.midw.2019.102539en
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.midw.2019.102539en
dc.identifier.endpage8en
dc.identifier.issn0266-6138
dc.identifier.journaltitleMidwiferyen
dc.identifier.startpage1en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/8796
dc.identifier.volume79en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherElsevieren
dc.relation.projectinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/SFI/SFI Research Centres/12/RC/2272/IE/Irish Centre for Fetal and Neonatal Translational Research (INFANT)/en
dc.relation.urihttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0266613819302311
dc.rights© 2019, Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. This manuscript version is made available under the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence.en
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/en
dc.subjectHealth behavioren
dc.subjectModifiable risk factorsen
dc.subjectPregnant womenen
dc.subjectStillbirthen
dc.titleModifiable risk factors for stillbirth: a literature reviewen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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