Current Pregnancy Among Women with Spinal Cord Injury: Findings from the U.S. National Spinal Cord Injury Database

This study examined how common pregnancy is among women with spinal cord injuries (SCI) using data from a large U.S. database. Researchers looked at factors like age, marital status, and the severity of the SCI to see if they were related to pregnancy. The study found that pregnancy rates among women with SCI are similar to those of other women with chronic physical disabilities.

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  Approximately 2.0% of women with SCI reported being pregnant in the past year.
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  Younger age at the time of injury was significantly associated with current pregnancy.
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  Women who were married or partnered, had a sports-related SCI, had higher motor scores, and more positive psychosocial scores were more likely to be pregnant.