Features of gestational dominance of Ukrainian women during the war

Abstract

Objectivе. Under the influence on negative pathogenic factors, which certainly include war, changes on the central nervous system of a pregnant woman can lead to a violation on physiologic aladaptation mechanisms and affect gestational dominance (GD), the study of the characteristics of which became the aim of the research. Method. On April 7, 2022, the «Renaissance» project was started at the Maternity Hospital No. 5 in Odessa (Ukraine), aimed at providing medical and social support to pregnant and postpartum women. А prospective study of the psychosomatic state of women is being conducted through online surveys using the Dobryakov-Arshavsky questionnaire and the provision of appropriate medical and psychological assistance. As of November 1, 2024, 731 women took part in the project, including 465 (63.6%) pregnant and 266 (36.4%) postpartum women. There were 138 (18.9% - Group I) women living in the active hostilities zone (AНZ), 504 (68.9% - Group II) – outside the AНZ in Ukraine and 89 (12.22% - Group III) – displaced women living outside Ukraine.