Authors

Virginia Maroto Alonso1, Vicente Manuel Patiño Maraver2, Rosario Susi García3, Consuelo Álvarez Plaza4

Position

¹Matrona. Servicio de Obstetricia y Ginecología. Hospital Infanta Cristina. Madrid²Ginecólogo. Servicio de Obstetricia y Ginecología. Hospital Infanta Cristina. Madrid³Estadística-PDI. Departamento de Estadística e Investigación Operativa III. Universidad Complutense de Madrid⁴Antropóloga. Departamento de antropología social. Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Campus de Somosaguas. Pozuelo de Alarcón. Madrid

Contact address

Virginia Maroto Alonso. Hospital Infanta Cristina. Avda. 9 de Junio, 2. 28981 Parla (Madrid).

Contact email: vickyalo@hotmail.com

Abstract

Objective: to identify the specific characteristics of labour and neonatal results according to the nationality of women in the Hospital Infanta Cristina in Parla (Madrid).
Method: a longitudinal observational study with retrospective collection of information, using data from 404 labours (202 for Spanish pregnant women and 202 for immigrant pregnant women), managed at the Gynaecology and Obstetrics Unit of the Hospital Infanta Cristina located in Parla (Madrid) during the years 2012 and 2013.
Result: the immigrant population originates from up to 30 different countries. African pregnant women form the majority group (37%), followed by American women (28%), women from the rest of Europe (19%) and Asian women (16%).
The immigrant pregnant women in the healthcare area studied are younger (mean 29-year-old (SD: 5.1)), their pregnancy has a shorter duration (mean 39.2 weeks, SD: 1.2), a lower rate of use of epidural analgesia (71.8%), and newborns with a higher weight (mean weight of 3,352 g SD: 431) than Spanish pregnant women, in a statistically significant way.
There are no significant differences between immigrant and Spanish women regarding obstetric and perinatal outcomes about the type of cardiotocographic record, type of labour, umbilical cord clamping, Apgar Test, umbilical artery pH, and type of neonatal resuscitation.
Conclusions: the immigrant pregnant women of the area studied present obstetric characteristics similar to Spanish women. Unlike Spanish women, they are younger, they use epidural anaesthesia to a lower extent, and their newborns have a higher weight at birth.

Keywords:

Immigration; obstetric labour; newborn; Epidural analgesia; maternal age

Versión en Español

Título:

Características del parto y resultados neonatales en mujeres inmigrantes