Predictors of adverse perinatal outcome among women who gave birth at Medical Center of Southwest Ethiopia: a retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The aim of this study was to determine predictors of adverse perinatal outcome among women who gave birth at Medical Center of Southwest Ethiopia.

Setting

Institutional based retrospective cohort study was conducted among women who gave birth at Medical Center of Southwest Ethiopia.

Participants

Medical record of 777 women was included in the study by using maternity HMIS logbook as entry point. Simple random sampling technique without replacement was employed to select individual medical record using computer generated random numbers.

Primary outcome measured

Predictors of adverse perinatal outcome were examined using modified Poisson regression with a robust SE.

Results

Majority, 74.1% of the participants were in the age group of 21-34 years

SUBMITTER: Jaleta DD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8889313 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature