ANALYSIS OF THE COURSE OF PREGNANCY, CHILDBIRTH AND THE STATUS OF NEWBORNS BORN BY DISPLACED WOMEN

Abstract

Aim of the study: to analyse the effect of involuntary migration on the course of pregnancy, labour and delivery, and neonatal outcomes in pregnant women in the third generation. Materials and methods. This paper presents an analysis of a prospective study of the course of pregnancy, childbirth, and the condition of new-born infants born by displaced Azerbaijani women. A prospective analysis was made in the course of puberty and the state of reproductive health in 54 refugee women of early reproductive age, who were divided into two groups, aged 18-25 and 26-35 years. Results. A study conducted among third generation women revealed pronounced negative trends in both somatic and reproductive health among refugee women in this group. Their average age ranged from 18 to 35. Most of the patients, 37 (68.5%), were born with a birth weight of less than 3000g. The mean age of parents at the time of girl's birth was 25.4±2.26 years for mothers, 26.9±5.29 years for fathers, i.e., in the immediate post-stress period. The subjects are characterized by menstrual cycle dysfunction (63%-29.5%). Hypermenorrhoea occurs in 46% of the subjects, primary amenorrhoea in 8.2%, and secondary amenorrhoea in 3.3%. There is also a high percentage of inflammatory diseases of the female genital organs (93.4%). A high percentage of somatic pathologies is found in the female patients: iron deficiency anaemia - 77.8%, gastrointestinal diseases - 48.1%, thyroid diseases - 9.3%, urinary diseases - 22.5%, helminthiasis - 16.7%, etc. Sexually transmitted infections were diagnosed in chronic form in 14 patients. The rate of placental insufficiency of grade 1a and 1b was diagnosed in 29%-16%, and delayed foetal development of grade 1 and 2 in 12%-8% respectively. Asphyxia (27%), newborn hypotrophy (7.5%), prematurity (18%) is characteristic of the newborns of this group of patients. Conclusion. Analysis of the results of a comprehensive study of the health of pregnant refugee women has shown that even in the third generation the stress associated with forced migration of the older generation and adverse socio-medical problems are reflected in the formation and functioning of the reproductive age of the younger generation.