[The analysis of the course of pregnancy, delivery and postpartum among women touched by flood disaster in Kotlin Kłodzki in July 1997].

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.