Study | Country Study period Study design |
Data source | Exposure definition | Non-exposure definition | Exposition period | Sample size (exposed/unexposed) Or (case / control) |
Remarks | Risk of bias |
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Noh 2022 |
South Korea 2011 - 2018 population based cohort retrospective |
A nationwide retrospective cohort study using healthcare data retrieved from the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (HIRA) database. | Pregnant women who filled at least Flurazepam prescription during the first trimester (first 90 days of pregnancy). |
unexposed, sick
Pregnant women who were not prescribed any benzodiazepine from 3 months before the last menstrual period to the end of the first trimester (with similar psychiatric conditions after propensity score). |
1st trimester | 159 / 3053381 | Propensity scored adjusted for indications and led to an unexposed cohort with similar psychiatric conditions => considered as unexposed, sick control groups. | |
The Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (HIRA) database that comprises notably healthcare utilization (e.g., drug prescription and medical procedure). |
Study | Country Study period Study design |
Data source | Case | Control | Exposition | Exposition period | Sample size (exposed/unexposed) Or (case / control) |
Remarks | Risk of bias |
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Sheehy 2019 |
Canada 1998 - 2015 nested case control |
A nested case-control study within the Quebec Pregnancy Cohort, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. | Pregnancies ending with spontaneous abortion (pregnancy loss between between the beginning of the sixth week of gestation and the 19th completed week of gestation, excluding planned or induced abortions). | Pregnancies ending with live births (5 for each case) randomly selected at the index date and matched with the case pregnancy by gestational age and calendar year. | The Quebec Public Prescription Drug Insurance Plan database (drug name, start date, dose, and duration). | early pregnancy | 27149 / 134305 | ||
The data sources included the medical service database the Régie de l’assurance maladie du Québec (diagnoses, medical procedures, ...) and the MedEcho database (in-hospital diagnoses and procedures, including gestational age for planned abortions, spontaneous abortions, and deliveries). |
Risk of bias: : NA; : low; : moderate; : serious; : critical; : unclear;