Effects of hospital delivery during off-hours on perinatal outcome in several subgroups: a retrospective cohort study

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Gert P Westert¹  Mieneke de Bruin-Kooistra³  Uzor C Ogbu²  C Maarten A Schipper⁶  Chantal WPM Hukkelhoven⁴  Ronald Gijsen⁵ 

[1] Scientific Institute for Quality of Healthcare (IQ Healthcare), Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, PO Box 9101, Nijmegen, HB, 6500, The Netherlands;Department of Social Medicine, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;Centre for Health Services Research, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, PO Box 1, Bilthoven, BA, 3720, The Netherlands;The Netherlands Perinatal Registry, PO Box 8588, Utrecht, RN, 3503, The Netherlands;Centre for Public Health Forecasting, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, PO Box 1, Bilthoven, BA, 3720, The Netherlands;Expertise Centre for Methodology and Information Services, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, PO Box 1, Bilthoven, BA, 3720, The Netherlands

关键词: Quality of health care;    Hospital care;    Perinatal morbidity;    Perinatal mortality;    Delivery;    Weekend;    Night;    Time of birth;   

Others  :  1152438
DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2393-12-92

 received in 2011-12-10, accepted in 2012-08-23,  发布年份 2012

【 摘 要 】

Background

Studies have demonstrated a higher risk of adverse outcomes among infants born or admitted during off-hours, as compared to office hours, leading to questions about quality of care provide during off-hours (weekend, evening or night). We aim to determine the relationship between off-hours delivery and adverse perinatal outcomes for subgroups of hospital births.

Methods

This retrospective cohort study was based on data from the Netherlands Perinatal Registry, a countrywide registry that covers 99% of all hospital births in the Netherlands. Data of 449,714 infants, born at 28 completed weeks or later, in the period 2003 through 2007 were used. Infants with a high a priori risk of morbidity or mortality were excluded. Outcome measures were intrapartum and early neonatal mortality, a low Apgar score (5 minute score of 0–6), and a composite adverse perinatal outcome measure (mortality, low Apgar score, severe birth trauma, admission to a neonatal intensive care unit).

Results

Evening and night-time deliveries that involved induction or augmentation of labour, or an emergency caesarean section, were associated with an increased risk of an adverse perinatal outcome when compared to similar daytime deliveries. Weekend deliveries were not associated with an increased risk when compared to weekday deliveries. It was estimated that each year, between 126 and 141 cases with an adverse perinatal outcomes could be attributed to this evening and night effect. Of these, 21 (15-16%) are intrapartum or early neonatal death. Among the 3100 infants in the study population who experience an adverse outcome each year, death accounted for only 5% (165) of these outcomes.

Conclusion

This study shows that for infants whose mothers require obstetric interventions during labour and delivery, birth in the evening or at night, are at an increased risk of an adverse perinatal outcomes.

【 授权许可】

   
2012 Gijsen et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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