Association Between Obstetric and Medical Risk Factors and Stillbirths in a Low-income Urban Setting

Overview

Journal Int J Gynaecol Obstet

Publisher Wiley

Specialty Gynecology & Obstetrics

Date 2020 Dec 11

PMID 33306840

Citations 1

Authors

George N Gwako

Moses M Obimbo

Peter B Gichangi

John Kinuthia

Onesmus W Gachuno

Fredrick Were

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Abstract

Objective: To evaluate the association between obstetric and medical risk factors and stillbirths in a Kenyan set-up.

Methods: A case-control study was conducted in four hospitals between August 2018 and April 2019. Two hundred and fourteen women with stillbirths and 428 with live births at more than >28 weeks of gestation were enrolled. Data collection was via interviews and abstraction from medical records. Outcome variables were stillbirth and live birth; exposure variables were sociodemographic characteristics, and medical and obstetric factors. The two-sample t test and χ test were used to compare continuous and categorical variables respectively. The association between the exposure and outcome variable was done using logistic regression. A P value less than 0.05 was considered statistically significant.

Results: Stillbirth was associated with pre-eclampsia without severe features (odds ratio [OR] 9.1, 95% confidence interval [CI] 2.6-32.5), pre-eclampsia with severe features (OR 7.4, 95% CI 2.4-22.8); eclampsia (OR 9.2, 95% CI 2.6-32.5), placenta previa (OR 8.6 95% CI 2.8-25.9), placental abruption (OR 6.9 95% CI 2.2-21.3), preterm delivery(OR 9.5, 95% CI 5.7-16), and gestational diabetes mellitus, (OR 11.5, 95% CI 2.5-52.6). Stillbirth was not associated with multiparity, anemia, and HIV.

Conclusion: Proper antepartum care and surveillance to identify and manage medical and obstetric conditions with the potential to cause stillbirth are recommended.

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