Prevalence of preterm birth in Scandinavian countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis
OBJECTIVES: As welfare societies, Scandinavian countries share characteristics of equality related to healthcare access, gender, and social services. However, cultural and lifestyle variations create country-specific health differences. This meta-analysis assessed the prevalence of preterm birth (PT...
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ftpubmed:oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:10683576 2023-12-31T10:08:20+01:00 Prevalence of preterm birth in Scandinavian countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis Behboudi-Gandevani, Samira Bidhendi-Yarandi, Razieh Hossein Panahi, Mohammad Mardani, Abbas Prinds, Christina Vaismoradi, Mojtaba Glarcher, Manela 2023-10-16 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10683576/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37843530 https://doi.org/10.1177/03000605231203843 en eng SAGE Publications http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10683576/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37843530 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/03000605231203843 © The Author(s) 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/Creative Commons Non Commercial CC BY-NC: This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). J Int Med Res Meta Analysis Text 2023 ftpubmed https://doi.org/10.1177/03000605231203843 2023-12-03T02:01:22Z OBJECTIVES: As welfare societies, Scandinavian countries share characteristics of equality related to healthcare access, gender, and social services. However, cultural and lifestyle variations create country-specific health differences. This meta-analysis assessed the prevalence of preterm birth (PTB) and its categories in Scandinavian countries. METHODS: A systematic search in key databases of literature published between 1990 and 2021 identified studies of the prevalence of PTB and its categories. Following the use of the Freeman–Tukey double arcsine transformation, a meta-analysis of weighted data was performed using the random-effects model and meta-prop method. RESULTS: We identified 109 observational studies that involved 86,420,188 live births. The overall pooled prevalence (PP) of PTB was 5.3% (PP = 5.3%, 95% confidence interval [CI] 5.1%, 5.5%). The highest prevalence was in Norway (PP = 6.2%, 95% CI 5.3%, 7.0%), followed by Sweden (PP = 5.3%, 95% CI 5.1%, 5.4%), Denmark (PP = 5.2%, 95% CI 4.9%, 5.3%), and Iceland (PP = 5.0%, 95% CI 4.4%, 5.7%). Finland had the lowest PTB rate (PP = 4.9%, 95% CI 4.7%, 5.1%). CONCLUSIONS: The overall PP of PTB was 5.3%, with small variations among countries (4.9%–6.2%). The highest and lowest PPs of PTB were in Norway and Finland, respectively. Text Iceland PubMed Central (PMC) Journal of International Medical Research 51 10 |
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OBJECTIVES: As welfare societies, Scandinavian countries share characteristics of equality related to healthcare access, gender, and social services. However, cultural and lifestyle variations create country-specific health differences. This meta-analysis assessed the prevalence of preterm birth (PTB) and its categories in Scandinavian countries. METHODS: A systematic search in key databases of literature published between 1990 and 2021 identified studies of the prevalence of PTB and its categories. Following the use of the Freeman–Tukey double arcsine transformation, a meta-analysis of weighted data was performed using the random-effects model and meta-prop method. RESULTS: We identified 109 observational studies that involved 86,420,188 live births. The overall pooled prevalence (PP) of PTB was 5.3% (PP = 5.3%, 95% confidence interval [CI] 5.1%, 5.5%). The highest prevalence was in Norway (PP = 6.2%, 95% CI 5.3%, 7.0%), followed by Sweden (PP = 5.3%, 95% CI 5.1%, 5.4%), Denmark (PP = 5.2%, 95% CI 4.9%, 5.3%), and Iceland (PP = 5.0%, 95% CI 4.4%, 5.7%). Finland had the lowest PTB rate (PP = 4.9%, 95% CI 4.7%, 5.1%). CONCLUSIONS: The overall PP of PTB was 5.3%, with small variations among countries (4.9%–6.2%). The highest and lowest PPs of PTB were in Norway and Finland, respectively. |
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Prevalence of preterm birth in Scandinavian countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis |
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Prevalence of preterm birth in Scandinavian countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis |
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Prevalence of preterm birth in Scandinavian countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis |
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