دورية أكاديمية
Aetiology of maternal mortality using verbal autopsy at Sokoto, North-Western Nigeria
| العنوان: | Aetiology of maternal mortality using verbal autopsy at Sokoto, North-Western Nigeria |
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| المؤلفون: | Jamila A. Garba, Sadiq Umar |
| المصدر: | African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine, Vol 5, Iss 1, Pp e1-e6 (2013) |
| بيانات النشر: | AOSIS, 2013. |
| سنة النشر: | 2013 |
| المجموعة: | LCC:Medicine LCC:Public aspects of medicine |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Maternal Mortality, Verbal Autopsy, Sokoto, Nigeria, Medicine, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270 |
| الوصف: | Background: Maternal mortality in developing countries is higher than that in developed countries. There are few published articles on the factors associated with maternal deaths in northern Nigeria. Objectives: The objective of this study was to identify the medical causes and factors associated with maternal mortality in Sokoto, northern Nigeria. Method: A verbal autopsy questionnaire was used to interview close relatives of women within the reproductive age group who had died of pregnancy-related complications in theSokoto metropolis during the preceding two years. A multistage sampling method using simple random sampling at each step was used to select areas of study within the Sokoto metropolis. Data analysis was carried out using a statistical package for social sciences (SPSS),version 19, and the Spearman correlation was used to test association. Significance level was set at 0.05. Results: The major causes of death were haemorrhage (48.3%), eclampsia (19%) and prolonged labour (13.8%). The association between maternal mortality and the absence of antenatal booking was significant (p < 0.001); the association between maternal mortality andthe ‘three delays’ was also significant (p = 0.013). The association between maternal mortality and educational status and occupation was, however, not significant (p = 0.687 and p = 0.427respectively). Conclusion: The medical causes of maternal mortality identified in this study were similar to those of the hospital-based studies in the area. In addition, an association between maternal deaths and the ‘three delays’ and the absence of antenatal booking was found. There is a need for public education efforts to address these factors in order to reduce maternal mortality in the study area. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article |
| وصف الملف: | electronic resource |
| اللغة: | English French |
| تدمد: | 2071-2928 2071-2936 |
| العلاقة: | https://phcfm.org/index.php/phcfm/article/view/442Test; https://doaj.org/toc/2071-2928Test; https://doaj.org/toc/2071-2936Test |
| DOI: | 10.4102/phcfm.v5i1.442 |
| الوصول الحر: | https://doaj.org/article/b6782537cbfc495c9d92cc866cace35dTest |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsdoj.b6782537cbfc495c9d92cc866cace35d |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
Full Text Finder | تدمد: | 20712928 20712936 |
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| DOI: | 10.4102/phcfm.v5i1.442 |