Year: 2025
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Relevance. Maternity protection is an urgent area of health development, since the health of the expectant mother largely determines the health of the future child. The purpose of the study is to identify trends in complications of parturition and the postpartum period in the Republic of Mari El for 2010–2022. Materials and methods. The authors analyzed forms No. 32 “Information on medical care for pregnant women, women in labor and maternity women” using methods of epidemiological analysis and medical statistics. Results. A 49.3% decrease in normal labor was found (M ± SD 40 ± 7; 95% CI 36–44; p ˃ 0.05), an increase in the incidence of the studied cohort by 13% (M ± SD 600 ± 70; 95% CI 557–642; p ˃ 0.05), a decrease in the incidence of edema, proteinuria and hypertensive disorders by 14.3% (M ± SD 100 ± 17; 95% CI 89–110; p ˃ 0.05), since 2015 — a decrease in moderate preeclampsia by 19.8%, eclampsia by 22.5%, an increase in severe preeclampsia by 1.2%. A tendency to increase the incidence of diabetes mellitus has been established. There was a twofold increase in bleeding due to blood clotting disorders, a 30.4% decrease in labour disorders (M ± SD 105 ± 17; 95% CI 95–116; p ˃ 0.05), an increase in obstructed labour by 27.5% (M ± SD 66.54 ± 34.70; 95% CI 45.57–87.51; p ˃ 0,05). Anemia is the leader in the structure of diseases in 2010 and 2022 (45.67% and 30.32%), labour disorders (15.36%) in 2010 and diabetes mellitus (22.81%) in 2022 are in second place, edema, proteinuria and hypertensive disorders are in the third place in 2010 and 2022 (13.3% and 11.0%). Research limitations. the present study was limited to the data of diseases that complicated childbirth on the territory of the Republic of Mari El. Conclusion. There is a tendency to increase the incidence in pregnant women, severe preeclampsia, diabetes mellitus, the prevalence of bleeding due to blood clotting disorders, and difficult parturition. The results of this study allowed identifying trends in morbidity that can be taken into account when planning preventive programs.
Authors: Irina V. Vinogradova, Ilya V. Petrov, Natalia E. Domracheva, Natalya E. Novoselova, Olga Yu. Ivanova, Iskander L. Aleev, Arthur A. Almukhametov
Language: English
Subfield: Obstetrics and Gynecology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4408054332