BMC Research Notes (Sep 2017)

Ten years analysis of stillbirth in a tertiary hospital in sub-Sahara Africa: a case control study

  • Paul Nkemtendong Tolefac,
  • Rita Frinue Tamambang,
  • Eugene Yeika,
  • Lawrence Tanyi Mbwagbaw,
  • Thomas Obinchemti Egbe

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-017-2787-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 6

Abstract

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Abstract Objective Stillbirth measures provide means to assess adequacy of maternal and perinatal care in a given population. The aim of this study was to describe the determinants of stillbirth in Douala general hospital, Cameroon. Results Determinants of stillbirth in this hospital are: maternal age ≥35 years (OR 1.79, 95% CI 1.26–2.54, p = 0.001), pre-eclampsia/eclampsia (OR 2.97, 95% CI 0.87–8.89, p value of 0.03), diabetes in pregnancy (OR 9.97, 95% CI 1.15–86.86, p = 0.03), stillbirth in previous pregnancies (OR 3.94, CI 2.02–7.7, p 2 years (OR 2, 06 CI 1.22–3.49; p = 0,006), referral from another hospital (OR 14.16, 95% CI 7.08–28.3, p 42 (OR 6.27, 95% CI = 0.86–45.2, p = 0.096), congenital malformation (OR 11.09, 95% CI 3.2–38,5, p < 0.0001) and birth weight <2500 g (p < 0.0001).

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