A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal
Pregnancy, delivery and postpartum in women with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder in Finland: a national register-based comparative study
Authors: L.Simoila, E.Isometsä, M.Gissler, J.Suvisaari, E.Sailas, Erja Halmesmäki, Nina Lindberg
Publisher: Elsevier Ireland Ltd
Publication year: 2020
Journal: Psychiatry Research
Journal name in source: Psychiatry Research
Article number: 113504
Volume: 294
ISSN: 0165-1781
eISSN: 1872-7123
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2020.113504
As part of anational Finnish study on reproductive health of women with severe mental disorders, we compared pregnancy- and delivery-, and postpartum-related outcomes between women with schizophrenia (n = 3444) and those with schizoaffective disorder (n = 985), focusing on their singleton pregnancies after illness onset (n = 708 and n = 242, respectively). For comparison, data also included 22,101 controls with 3668 pregnancies. The Finnish Medical Birth Register, the Register of Congenital Malformations and the Child Welfare Register were used. Despite known differences between the two disorders, we found no robust differences between these patient groups.