[The influence of socio-economic factors on the results of a prematury-Dysmaturity prevention programme (author's transl)].
All high-risk gravidae with regard to prematurity and dysmaturity (PDP programme) were collected over a time-limited period. More than two thirds (n = 72) of these women were submitted to intensive care (PDP group); one third (n = 33) (control group) refused intensive care. Furthermore, socio-economic factors were taken into consideration in this study and appropriate classification into 4 groups was undertaken. Gravidae of a higher social class were more often willing to undergo intensive care than gravidae of a lower class. In the PDP group 75% of the gravidae were delivered after the end of the 36th gestational week and 51% of the gravidae in the control group. A similar relationship was found in regard to the birth weight of the newborn infants: in the PDP group 74.4% of the babies weighed over 2500 g at birth in contrast to the respective figure of 42.9% in the control group. However, this socio-economic study shows that the results of intensive care are much more successful in women from a lower social stata than in women from a higher social class.
D000318:Adrenergic beta-Agonists / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001724:Birth Weight; D002508:Cephalometry; D005260:Female; D005332:Fetoscopy; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D007752:Obstetric Labor, Premature / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011247:Pregnancy; D012306:Risk; D012923:Social Class; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors
D000318:Adrenergic beta-Agonists
Einfluss sozialer Faktoren auf die Ergebnisse eines gezielten Frühgeburtenpräventionsprogrammes