Timothy Nielsen1,2, Dana Bernson1, Mishka Terplan3, Sarah E Wakeman4, Amy M Yule5, Pooja K Mehta6, Monica Bharel1, Hafsatou Diop1, Elsie M Taveras7, Timothy E Wilens5, Davida M Schiff7. 1. Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA. 2. Child Population and Translational Health Research, University of Sydney, Randwick, NSW, Australia. 3. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA. 4. Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA. 5. Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA. 6. Center for Healthcare Value and Equity, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Program in Health Policy and Systems Management, Schools of Medicine and Public Health, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, USA. 7. Division of General Academic Pediatrics, Massachusetts General Hospital for Children, Boston, MA, USA.
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Opioid-related overdose is increasingly linked to pregnancy-associated deaths, but factors associated with postpartum overdose are unknown. We aimed to estimate the strength of the association between maternal and infant characteristics and postpartum opioid-related overdose. DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study using a linked, population-level data set. SETTING: Massachusetts, United States. CONCLUSION: Among women who delivered live infants in Massachusetts, USA between 2012 and 2014, maternal diagnosis of OUD, prior non-fatal overdose, infant diagnosis of NAS and high unscheduled health-care utilization appeared to be positively associated with postpartum opioid overdose. However, more than half of postpartum overdoses in that period were to women without a diagnosis of OUD. Engagement in methadone or buprenorphine treatment in the month prior to delivery was not sufficient to reduce the odds of postpartum overdose. PARTICIPANTS: Women who delivered one or more live births from 2012 to 2014 (n = 174 517). MEASUREMENTS: The primary outcome was opioid-related overdose in the postpartum year. We used multivariable logistic regression to explore the independent associations of maternal (demographics, substance use, pregnancy) and infant [gestational age, birthweight, neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS)] characteristics with postpartum opioid overdose. Findings were stratified by maternal opioid use disorder (OUD) diagnosis. FINDINGS: There were 189 deliveries to women who experienced ≥ 1 opioid overdose in the first year postpartum (11 of 10 000 deliveries). Among women with postpartum opioid overdose, 46.6% had an OUD diagnosis within 12 months before delivery. In our adjusted model, maternal diagnosis of OUD [adjusted odds ratio (aOR) = 3.61, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.73-7.51] and prior non-fatal overdose (aOR = 2.40, 95% CI = 1.11-5.17) were most strongly associated with postpartum overdose. After stratifying by OUD status, infant diagnosis of NAS (OUD+ aOR = 2.03, 95% CI = 1.26-3.27; OUD- aOR = 2.79, 95% CI = 1.12-6.93) and high unscheduled health-care utilization (OUD+ aOR = 2.27, 95% CI = 1.38-3.73; OUD- aOR = 2.11, 95% CI = 1.24-3.58) were positively associated with postpartum overdose in both groups.
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Opioid-related overdose is increasingly linked to pregnancy-associated deaths, but factors associated with postpartum overdose are unknown. We aimed to estimate the strength of the association between maternal and infant characteristics and postpartum opioid-related overdose. DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study using a linked, population-level data set. SETTING: Massachusetts, United States. CONCLUSION: Among women who delivered live infants in Massachusetts, USA between 2012 and 2014, maternal diagnosis of OUD, prior non-fatal overdose, infant diagnosis of NAS and high unscheduled health-care utilization appeared to be positively associated with postpartum opioid overdose. However, more than half of postpartum overdoses in that period were to women without a diagnosis of OUD. Engagement in methadone or buprenorphine treatment in the month prior to delivery was not sufficient to reduce the odds of postpartum overdose. PARTICIPANTS: Women who delivered one or more live births from 2012 to 2014 (n = 174 517). MEASUREMENTS: The primary outcome was opioid-related overdose in the postpartum year. We used multivariable logistic regression to explore the independent associations of maternal (demographics, substance use, pregnancy) and infant [gestational age, birthweight, neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS)] characteristics with postpartum opioid overdose. Findings were stratified by maternal opioid use disorder (OUD) diagnosis. FINDINGS: There were 189 deliveries to women who experienced ≥ 1 opioid overdose in the first year postpartum (11 of 10 000 deliveries). Among women with postpartum opioid overdose, 46.6% had an OUD diagnosis within 12 months before delivery. In our adjusted model, maternal diagnosis of OUD [adjusted odds ratio (aOR) = 3.61, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.73-7.51] and prior non-fatal overdose (aOR = 2.40, 95% CI = 1.11-5.17) were most strongly associated with postpartum overdose. After stratifying by OUD status, infant diagnosis of NAS (OUD+ aOR = 2.03, 95% CI = 1.26-3.27; OUD- aOR = 2.79, 95% CI = 1.12-6.93) and high unscheduled health-care utilization (OUD+ aOR = 2.27, 95% CI = 1.38-3.73; OUD- aOR = 2.11, 95% CI = 1.24-3.58) were positively associated with postpartum overdose in both groups.
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