Validity of a selection of pregnancy complications in the Medical Birth Registry of Norway.

Fredrikke N Moth Tharani R Sebastian Julie Horn Janet W Rich-Edwards Pål Richard Romundstad Bjørn Olav Åsvold

Published in: Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica (2016)

The validity of information on gestational age and birthweight in the MBRN was very good. For medically initiated delivery, the validity was poor before 1985 and satisfactory thereafter. For gestational hypertension, lack of information in hospital records made the evaluation difficult, but our results suggest that most women labeled with gestational hypertension in the MBRN did have a hypertensive disorder of pregnancy.

Keyphrases

gestational age
birth weight
preterm birth
pregnancy outcomes
blood pressure
weight gain
pregnant women
healthcare
health information
polycystic ovary syndrome
pet imaging
risk factors
body mass index
adverse drug
skeletal muscle
emergency department
acute care
social media