Identification of factors associated with stillbirth in Zimbabwe - a cross sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

98% of the 2.6 million stillbirths per annum occur in low and middle income countries. However, understanding of risk factors for stillbirth in these settings is incomplete, hampering efforts to develop effective strategies to prevent deaths.

Methods

A cross-sectional study of eligible women on the postnatal ward at Mpilo Hospital, Zimbabwe was undertaken between 01/08/2018 and 31/03/2019 (n = 1779). Data were collected from birth records for maternal characteristics, obstetric and past medical history, antenatal care and pregnancy outcome. A directed acyclic graph was constructed with multivariable logistic regression performed to fit the corresponding model specification to data comprising singleton pregnancies, excluding neonatal deaths (n = 1734), using mult

SUBMITTER: Dube K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8482658 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature