ArticleInternational journal of women's health2021
Risk Factors of Stillbirth Among Women Who Gave Birth in Amhara Region Referral Hospitals, Ethiopia, in 2019: A Case-Control Study.
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- Perinatal mortality in eastern Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis.International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics · 2026Pooled it
- The rate of stillbirth and its associated factors in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Pooled it
- The factors associated with stillbirths among sub-saharan African deliveries: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2023Pooled it
- Prevalence and factors associated with stillbirth in mothers delivered by cesarean section at Orotta National Referral Maternity Hospital: case-control study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Article
- Factors associated with stillbirth in four selected hospital maternity units: an unmatched case-control study in Eswatini.Reproductive health · 2025Article
- Prevalence and associated factors of stillbirth among women at extreme ages of reproductive life in Sub-Saharan Africa: a multilevel analysis of the recent demographic and health survey.Maternal health, neonatology and perinatology · 2025Article
- Incidence and determinants of perinatal mortality in five urban hospitals in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: a cohort study with an embedded case-control analysis.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2024Article
- Determinants of stillbirth among women who delivered in hospitals of North Wollo Zone, Northeast Ethiopia: A case-control study.PloS one · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundWorldwide, 2.6 million stillbirths occur annually and more than three-quarters of them are recorded in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. Thus, the aim of this study was to identify risk factors of stillbirth among women who gave birth in Amhara region referral hospitals found in northwest and northcentral, Ethiopia in 2019.
methodsA multi-center institution-based unmatched case-control study was conducted among 456 mothers who gave birth in Amhara region referral hospitals from October 1 to December 30, 2019. Consecutive and simple random sampling was used to select the cases and controls, respectively. A semi-structured, interviewer-administered questionnaire and patient chart reviews were used to collect the data. Epidemiological (Epi) data version 4.4.2.1 and Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 25.0 were used for data entry and analysis, respectively. Binary logistic regression was employed. An adjusted odds ratio with a 95% confidence interval was used to declare statistically significant variables on the basis of
resultsAlcohol drinking (adjusted odds ratio (AOR)=3.02, 95% confidence interval (CI)=1.24-7.35), antepartum hemorrhage (AOR=5.74, 95% CI=2.67-12.33), premature rupture of membrane (AOR=2.21, 95% CI=1.09-4.44), meconium-stained amniotic fluid (AOR=8.18, 95% CI=4.29-15.60), non-use of partograph for labor follow-up (AOR=3.89, 95% CI=2.12-7.17), induction of labor (AOR=2.12, 95% CI=1.09-4.11), previous history of stillbirth (AOR=2.15, 95% CI=1.08-4.26), and birthweight less than 2,500 grams (AOR=7.36, 95% CI=3.43-15.81) increase the odds of stillbirth.
conclusionStillbirth was higher among women who drank alcohol during their pregnancy, experienced antepartum hemorrhage, premature rupture of membrane, meconium-stained amniotic fluid, induction of labor, labor not followed by partograph, previous history of stillbirth, and birthweight less than 2,500 grams. As such, education to stop alcohol drinking during pregnancy, monitoring the progress of labor with partograph, and improving the quality of care for mothers and newborns at the time of pregnancy and childbirth will contribute to preventing stillbirth.
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