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RCOG World Congress 2025
June 23 - 25, 2025 | ExCeL London, UK
EP.0166
Disparities in miscarriage: a systematicreview of the socioeconomicinequalities in early pregnancy loss
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Early pregnancy complications/early pregnancy and acute gynaecology
Disparities In Miscarriage: A Systematic Review Of The Socioeconomic Inequalities In Early Pregnancy Loss.
•Pregnancy loss is a very emotive topic, which can affect up to 24% of all recognised pregnancies. This can have severe lasting consequences for deteriorations in mental and physical health. [1]
•We conducted a systematic review to investigate which socio-economic factors had an impact on a pregnant woman's risk of experiencing early pregnancy loss, which we defined as before 20 weeks of gestation.
•Socioeconomic status
•Increased income reduces the risk of EPL.
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•Positive association with a composite measure of socioeconomic quintile reduces risk of EPL, confluent with existing literature [3,4]
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•Strengths
•Refined search method.
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•Comprehensive MeSH terms were utilised
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•Conclusions drawn align with existing and accepted literature.
•Weaknesses
•Poor geographical distribution of paper’s country of origin
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•Lack of consistent definitions in literature
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•Small group of papers available
•Income is associated with a woman's risk of EPL, as is a composite measure of socioeconomic status, likely to include income.
•The lack of available data severely limits the strength of conclusion and more research is needed for equitable healthcare and a lowered EPL rate.