Beyond Medically Complex Pregnancy: A Scoping Review to Understand How Complexity in Pregnancy is Conceptualized.
Kathrin H StollReena TitoriaCarly JohnstonLuba ButskaPublished in: Journal of midwifery & women's health (2022)
We found limited scholarly research and few assessment tools that broaden the discussion of complexity in pregnancy beyond medical multimorbidity. Multiple dimensions of health should be integrated into a complexity framework for pregnancy that account for the diverse contexts and needs of pregnant people. An important part of this process is the development of a shared language to describe complexity that is strength based and acknowledges how environments, health care encounters, and the larger sociocultural context can affect pregnant people's medical status in pregnancy.