title: [Is the socioeconomic deprivation EPICES score useful in obstetrics?].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe a validated and multifactorial deprivation score to study the relationship between socioeconomic deprivation and perinatal risks.
  
  
  METHODS
  The index of deprivation EPICES (Evaluation of Precarity and Inequalities in Health Examination Centers) was used to characterize the deprivation status of 234 women in post-partum in comparison with perinatal morbidity. The cutoff value of 30.7 was the threshold to define deprivation.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Two hundred and eight patients were included in this retrospective study from whom 48 (23%) had a score of deprivation higher than 30.7. Maternofetal morbidity was more severe in deprived patients.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The current results show that the EPICES score could be a useful obstetrical tool for the identification of deprived women during pregnancy.
authors.affiliation: Département de gynécologie-obstétrique et médecine de la reproduction, hôpital Nord, CHU de Saint-Étienne, avenue Albert-Raimond, 42000 Saint-Étienne, France.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Convers
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Langeron
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sass
authors.forename: J-J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Moulin
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Augier
authors.forename: M-N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Varlet
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Seffert
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Chêne
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D054625:Healthcare Disparities / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D009774:Obstetrics; D011247:Pregnancy; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors