Table 2.
Maternal and foetal outcomes among pregnant women hospitalised for interpersonal violence and a comparison group: Western Australia, 2002-2008
| Pregnant women hospitalised for interpersonal violence (n = 468) | Pregnant women not hospitalised for interpersonal violence (n = 3,744) | P*** | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcomes | n | % | n | % | |
| Maternal | |||||
| Threatened abortions (<20 weeks) | 12 | 2.6 | 218 | 5.8 | <0.001 |
| Threatened preterm labour (<37 weeks) | 42 | 9.0 | 96 | 2.6 | <0.001 |
| APH* - placenta praevia | 5 | 1.1 | 28 | 0.7 | 0.46 |
| APH - placental abruption | 3 | 0.6 | 13 | 0.3 | 0.41 |
| APH - other | 16 | 3.4 | 110 | 2.9 | 0.56 |
| Pre-labour rupture of membranes | 43 | 9.2 | 210 | 5.6 | <0.001 |
| PPH** (≥500 ml) | 68 | 14.5 | 356 | 9.5 | <0.001 |
| Foetal | |||||
| Foetal distress | 65 | 13.9 | 599 | 16.0 | <0.001 |
| Low birth weight | 115 | 24.6 | 243 | 6.5 | <0.001 |
| Foetal death | 5 | 1.1 | 6 | 0.2 | 0.02 |
| Infant death | 1 | 0.2 | 26 | 0.7 | 0.35 |
* APH = Antepartum haemorrhage; ** PPH = Postpartum haemorrhage; *** P values from chi-squared tests