ArticleEuropean journal of midwifery2022
Magnitude and associated factors of stillbirth among women who gave birth at Hiwot Fana Specialized University Hospital, Harar, eastern Ethiopia.
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- The rate of stillbirth and its associated factors in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Pooled it
- Pooled estimates of stillbirth in Ethiopia: systematic review and meta-analysis, 2013-2024.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2025Pooled it
- The factors associated with stillbirths among sub-saharan African deliveries: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2023Pooled it
- Development and Validation of a Clinical Prognostic Risk Score for Stillbirth in Ethiopia: A Cohort Study Using PMA Data.Health science reports · 2026Article
- 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
- Stillbirth rate and associated factors at the Bamenda Regional hospital, North-West region, Cameroon, from 2018 to 2022: a case control study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2024Article
- Epidemiology of intrapartum stillbirth and associated factors among women who gave childbirth in Ethiopia: systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in global women's health · 2024Review
- Prevalence and Determinants of Singleton Stillbirths at a Tertiary Hospital in Port-Harcourt, Nigeria.Nigerian medical journal : journal of the Nigeria Medical AssociationArticle
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Abstract
introductionAccording to WHO, there are nearly 2 million stillbirths every year, one every 16 seconds. The objective of our study was to assess the frequency and associated factors of stillbirth among women who gave birth at Hiwot Fana Specialized University Hospital, Harar, eastern Ethiopia, 2021.
methodsAn institution-based retrospective cross-sectional study of medical records was conducted among 336 women who gave birth from 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2020. Maternal medical records were selected by systematic random sampling technique and a pre-tested checklist was used to collect data. Data entry and analysis were done using SPSS-version 20. Bivariate and multivariate logistic regressions were performed to identify factors associated with stillbirth. Adjusted odds ratios with 95% confidence intervals are reported.
resultsThe frequency of stillbirth was 12.5% (95% CI: 8.1-14.6). Preterm delivery (AOR=8.10; 95% CI: 3.01-21.79), non-booking for antenatal care (AOR=2.8; 95% CI: 1.14-6.88), antepartum hemorrhage (AOR=3.16; 95% CI: 1.10-9.04), obstructed labor (AOR=2.56; 95% CI: 1.85-7.93) and eclampsia (AOR=2.84; 95% CI: 1.45-6.98) were found to be statistically significantly associated with stillbirth.
conclusionsThe frequency of stillbirth in this study was high. Prematurity, non-booking for antenatal care, ante-partum hemorrhage, obstructed labor and eclampsia were independently associated for stillbirth. Therefore, we recommend that the health professionals should better work on prevention of preterm birth, active emergency obstetrical and neonatal care by boosting focused antenatal care follow-up with health education on danger signs.
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