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Childhood abuse and caesarean section among primiparous women in the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study
Author(s) -
Lukasse M,
Vangen S,
Øian P,
Schei B
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2010.02627.x
Subject(s) - caesarean section , norwegian , sexual abuse , medicine , obstetrics , cohort , child abuse , odds ratio , cohort study , population , pregnancy , psychiatry , poison control , injury prevention , medical emergency , philosophy , linguistics , genetics , environmental health , biology
Please cite this paper as: Lukasse M, Vangen S, Øian P, Schei B. Childhood abuse and caesarean section among primiparous women in the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study. BJOG 2010;117:1153–1157. We examined the association between a history of childhood abuse and caesarean section in the population‐based Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study (MoBa). Our sample consisted of 26 923 primiparous women with singleton pregnancies at term. Of all women, 18.8% (5060) had experienced any childhood abuse, 14.3% (3856) reported emotional abuse, 5.2% (1413) reported physical abuse and 6.4% (1730) reported sexual abuse. The proportion of caesarean sections before labour was not affected by any childhood abuse. Any childhood abuse was associated with a slightly increased risk of caesarean sections during labour (adjusted odds ratio 1.16; 95% CI 1.03–1.30).