Health Care Consumption during Pregnancy in relation to Maternal Body Mass Index: A Swedish Population Based Observational Study
Table 2
Health care consumption during pregnancy.
BMI
<20
20–<25
25–<30
30–<35
35+
Total
8,392
40,220
16,041
4,902
2,083
71,638
Mean number of visits to physician at maternal health care centre (SD)
Mean (SD)
3.3 (1.7)
3.2 (1.6)
3.4 (1.8)
3.5 (1.9)
3.8 (2.1)
3.3 (1.7)
Mean number of visits to midwife at maternal health care centre (SD)
Mean (SD)
10.8 (2.4)
10.9 (2.3)
11.0 (2.6)
11.4 (2.9)
11.8 (3.2)
10.9 (2.4)
Number of women sick-listed during pregnancy (%)
(%)
1925 (22.9%)
8977 (22.3%)
4250 (26.5%)
1470 (30.0%)
718 (34.5%)
17340 (24.2%)
Number of women referred to Aurora clinic (%)
(%)
386 (4.6%)
1631 (4.1%)
706 (4.4%)
238 (4.9%)
122 (5.9%)
3083 (4.3%)
Mean number of hospital admission (SD)
Mean (SD)
0.3 (0.7)
0.3 (0.6)
0.4 (0.7)
0.4 (0.7)
0.5 (0.8)
0.3 (0.6)
Mean number of days admitted to hospital (SD)
Mean (SD)
0.9 (4.0)
0.8 (2.8)
1.0 (2.9)
1.2 (3.1)
1.7 (3.8)
0.9 (3.0)
denotes significant difference between BMI between 20 and <25, between 25 and <30, and # between 30 and <35. Single legends denote significance at level <0.05 and double legends denote significance at the <0.001 level. An Aurora clinic is a cross-disciplinary unit for treatment of moderate to severe fear of childbirth.
