Determinants of stillbirth among women who gave birth in public hospitals in Northwest Ethiopia, 2022.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Stillbirth is still a major public health problem in middle- and low-income countries. However, there has been limited research conducted to identify determinants of stillbirth in Ethiopia. Therefore, this study aimed to identify the determinants of stillbirth among women who gave birth in public hospitals in the West Gojjam Zone, Northwest Ethiopia.

Methods

An unmatched case-control study was conducted among 418 mothers who gave birth from March 1-30, 2022. Consecutive and systematic sampling techniques were used to select the cases and controls, respectively. The collected data were entered into Epidata and exported into SPSS version 16 for analysis. Numerical descriptive statistics were expressed by using the mean with standard deviation (SD) and/or median wi

SUBMITTER: Melaku AG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11959781 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature