Risk factors for neonatal mortality: an observational cohort study in Sarlahi district of rural southern Nepal.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To assess the association between maternal characteristics, adverse birth outcomes (small-for-gestational-age (SGA) and/or preterm) and neonatal mortality in rural Nepal.

Design

This is a secondary observational analysis to identify risk factors for neonatal mortality, using data from a randomised trial to assess the impact of newborn massage with different oils on neonatal mortality in Sarlahi district, Nepal.

Setting

Rural Sarlahi district, Nepal.

Participants

40 119 pregnant women enrolled from 9 September 2010 to 16 January 2017.

Main outcome

The outcome variable is neonatal death. Cox regression was used to estimate adjusted Hazard Ratios (aHRs) to assess the association between adverse birth outcomes and neonatal mortality.

Results

SUBMITTER: Yan T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10503364 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature