Protocol for the development and validation of a risk prediction model for stillbirths from 35 weeks gestation in Australia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite advances in the care of women and their babies in the past century, an estimated 1.7 million babies are born still each year throughout the world. A robust method to estimate a pregnant woman's individualized risk of late-pregnancy stillbirth is needed to inform decision-making around the timing of birth to reduce the risk of stillbirth from 35 weeks of gestation in Australia, a high-resource setting.

Methods

This is a protocol for a cross-sectional study of all late-pregnancy births in Australia (2005-2015) from 35 weeks of gestation including 5188 stillbirths among 3.1 million births at an estimated rate of 1.7 stillbirths per 1000 births. A multivariable logistic regression model will be developed in line with current Transparent Reporting of a multivar

SUBMITTER: Sexton JK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7739473 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature