Louisa R Peralta, Cassidy Kealy-Ashby, Katherine Owen, Lucy Corbett
Health literacy profiles of final year pre-service teachers in two initial education programs compared with the general population: A cross-sectional study using the Health Literacy Questionnaire
Health promotion journal of Australia : official journal of Australian Association of Health Promotion Professionals
stillbirths indicators quality obstetrics care health systems stillbirth rates associating factors vary socioeconomic geographical settings published data stillbirths associating factors volta region ghana limited limits understanding local factors must considered designing appropriate interventions mitigate occurrence stillbirths study determined incidence stillbirths associated factors among deliveries ho teaching hospital hth contributes understanding consistent high stillbirths country potentially lowresourced settings subsaharan africa prospective cohort study involving pregnant women admitted delivery hth october 2019 march 2020 data sociodemographic characteristics age employment obstetric factors including gestational age delivery delivery outcomes like birthweight collected using pretested structured questionnaire primary outcome incidence stillbirths facility summary statistics reported frequencies percentages means logistic regression methods used assess association stillbirths independent variables including age birthweight odds ratios reported 95 confidence intervals associations pvalues 005 considered statistically significant total 687 women 702 newborns contributed data analysis mean age sd 293 63 years close twothirds least one delivery previously overall stillbirth incidence 313 per 1000 births 22 stillbirths 17 antepartum preeclampsia common hypertensive disorder pregnancy observed 493 3367 among others less 3 antenatal visits low birthweight increased odds stillbirths bivariate analysis final multivariate model pregnancy delivery 2834 weeks gestation aor 93795 ci 1187453 p 0034 induction labour aor 1106 95 ci 3103942 p 0001 remained significantly associated stillbirths stillbirth incidence 313 per 1000 births half antepartum stillbirths pregnancydelivery 2834 weeks gestation increased odds stillbirth improving quality antenatal services ensuring adherence evidencebased protocols accurate prompt diagnosis timely interventions medical conditions pregnancy particularly 2834 weeks gestation could reduce incidence stillbirths