Stillbirth outcome capture and classification in population-based surveys: EN-INDEPTH study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Household surveys remain important sources of stillbirth data, but omission and misclassification are common. Classifying adverse pregnancy outcomes as stillbirths requires accurate reporting of vital status at birth and gestational age or birthweight for every pregnancy. Further categorisation, e.g. by sex, or timing (intrapartum/antepartum) improves data to understand and prevent stillbirth.

Methods

We undertook a cross-sectional population-based survey of women of reproductive age in five health and demographic surveillance system sites in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau and Uganda (2017-2018). All women answered a full birth history with pregnancy loss questions (FBH+) or a full pregnancy history (FPH). A sub-sample across both groups were asked add

SUBMITTER: Blencowe H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7869203 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature