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 Abubakar Garba, Sadiq Umar |
| المصدر: | African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine, Vol 5, Iss 1, Pp e1-e6 (2013) |
| بيانات النشر: | AOSIS OpenJournals, 2013. |
| سنة النشر: | 2013 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Sokoto, Nigeria, Verbal Autopsy, Population, lcsh:Medicine, Developing country, Prolonged labour, Statistical significance, Medicine, education, Original Research, education.field_of_study, Eclampsia, business.industry, lcsh:Public aspects of medicine, lcsh:R, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, lcsh:RA1-1270, General Medicine, medicine.disease, Verbal autopsy, Maternal Mortality, Etiology, Family Practice, business, Developed country, Demography |
| 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. |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 2071-2936 2071-2928 |
| الوصول الحر: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::56091ade62f3c55ff0640f0348459756Test http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4565448Test |
| حقوق: | OPEN |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsair.doi.dedup.....56091ade62f3c55ff0640f0348459756 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 20712936 20712928 |
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