Intérêt de l’échelle d’évaluation de la précarité EPICES en obstétrique

To describe a validated and multifactorial deprivation score to study the relationship between socioeconomic deprivation and perinatal risks.The index of deprivation EPICES (Evaluation of Precarity and Inequalities in Health Examination Centers) was used to characterize the deprivation status of 234 women in post-partum in comparison with perinatal morbidity. The cutoff value of 30.7 was the threshold to define deprivation.Two hundred and eight patients were included in this retrospective study from whom 48 (23%) had a score of deprivation higher than 30.7. Maternofetal morbidity was more severe in deprived patients.The current results show that the EPICES score could be a useful obstetrical tool for the identification of deprived women during pregnancy.