Risk factors for obstructed labour in Eastern Uganda: A case control study.

ABSTRACT: INTRODUCTION:Obstructed labour (OL) is an important clinical and public health problem because of the associated maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality. Risk factors for OL and its associated obstetric squeal are usually context specific. No epidemiological study has documented the risk factors for OL in Eastern Uganda. This study was conducted to identify the risk factors for OL in Mbale Hospital. OBJECTIVE:To identify the risk factors for OL in Mbale Regional Referral and Teaching Hospital, Eastern Uganda. METHODS:We conducted a case control study with 270 cases of women with OL and 270 controls of women without OL. We consecutively enrolled eligible cases between July 2018 and February 2019. For each case, we randomly selected one eligible control admitted in the same 24-hour pe

SUBMITTER: Musaba MW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7010384 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature