OBJECTIVES: A natural disaster has been defined as a disruption of human ecology that exceeds the capacity of the community to function normally. Little is known about the influence of flood disaster on reproductive outcomes. DESIGN: This study reviews perinatal medical problems in pregnant women during the flood disaster from Kłodzko Region in July 1997. MATERIALS AND METHODS: 47 pregnant women were investigated which injured from the flood disaster. We observed a psychosocial stress in this women. A control random group consists of 100 pregnant women in 1996. RESULTS: Reproductive outcomes include pregnancy loss in 55.3% and other severe disorders: premature delivery, missed abortion, birth asphyxia, premature rupture of membranes, intrauterine growth retardation. CONCLUSIONS: Psychosocial stress observed during the flood disaster cause many perinatal complications and pregnancy loss. Intensive perinatal medical care must usually be provided from outside the disaster area.
OBJECTIVES: A natural disaster has been defined as a disruption of human ecology that exceeds the capacity of the community to function normally. Little is known about the influence of flood disaster on reproductive outcomes. DESIGN: This study reviews perinatal medical problems in pregnant women during the flood disaster from Kłodzko Region in July 1997. MATERIALS AND METHODS: 47 pregnant women were investigated which injured from the flood disaster. We observed a psychosocial stress in this women. A control random group consists of 100 pregnant women in 1996. RESULTS: Reproductive outcomes include pregnancy loss in 55.3% and other severe disorders: premature delivery, missed abortion, birth asphyxia, premature rupture of membranes, intrauterine growth retardation. CONCLUSIONS:Psychosocial stress observed during the flood disaster cause many perinatal complications and pregnancy loss. Intensive perinatal medical care must usually be provided from outside the disaster area.