Perinatal Mortality and Its Associated Risk Factors: A Study in the North-East of Iran

Background: Perinatal mortality rate is an important indicator of community health status. This study aimed to evaluate perinatal mortality and its determinants in Mobini Hospital of Sabzevar, Iran. Methods: This descriptive, cross-sectional study was performed within a two-year (2011-2012) period a...

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Main Authors: Fereshteh Ghorat, Reza Ghafarzadeh, Reza Jafarzadeh Esfehani
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Language:English
Published: Mashhad University of Medical Sciences 2016-03-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Neonatology
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Online Access:http://ijn.mums.ac.ir/article_6665_51ea59a1660e903caabac83d243d8b3b.pdf
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Reza Ghafarzadeh
Reza Jafarzadeh Esfehani
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description Background: Perinatal mortality rate is an important indicator of community health status. This study aimed to evaluate perinatal mortality and its determinants in Mobini Hospital of Sabzevar, Iran. Methods: This descriptive, cross-sectional study was performed within a two-year (2011-2012) period at Mobini Hospital of Sabzevar. Our study population included all the cases of stillbirth and live birth after the 22nd week of gestation to full term, died within the first week after delivery. The data including maternal and neonatal/fetal age, parity, mode of delivery, history of stillbirth, gestational age, reason of death, gender, and weight of the fetus or newborn were obtained from patient records as well as interviews with the mothers and treating physicians. To analyze the data, independent sample t-test, and Chi T square/Fisher’s exact test were run using SPSS, version 11.5. Results:Perinatal mortality and stillbirth rates were 16.6 and 9.1 per 1000 births, respectively, while the rate of early neonatal mortality was 7.4 per 1000 live births. The most common reasons for neonatal death were pre-term labor and sepsis, while the most common reason for stillbirth was unknown etiology. There was a significant difference between stillbirth and early neonatal death in term of gestational age (P
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spelling doaj.art-dca0a917c2984518952b0e5d68ff33d72022-12-21T21:24:47ZengMashhad University of Medical SciencesIranian Journal of Neonatology2251-75102322-21582016-03-017147516665Perinatal Mortality and Its Associated Risk Factors: A Study in the North-East of IranFereshteh Ghorat0Reza Ghafarzadeh1Reza Jafarzadeh Esfehani2Traditional and Complementary Medicine Research Center, Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences, Sabzevar, Iran.Student Research Committee, Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences, Sabzevar, Iran.MD, Student Research Committee, Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences, Sabzevar, Iran.Background: Perinatal mortality rate is an important indicator of community health status. This study aimed to evaluate perinatal mortality and its determinants in Mobini Hospital of Sabzevar, Iran. Methods: This descriptive, cross-sectional study was performed within a two-year (2011-2012) period at Mobini Hospital of Sabzevar. Our study population included all the cases of stillbirth and live birth after the 22nd week of gestation to full term, died within the first week after delivery. The data including maternal and neonatal/fetal age, parity, mode of delivery, history of stillbirth, gestational age, reason of death, gender, and weight of the fetus or newborn were obtained from patient records as well as interviews with the mothers and treating physicians. To analyze the data, independent sample t-test, and Chi T square/Fisher’s exact test were run using SPSS, version 11.5. Results:Perinatal mortality and stillbirth rates were 16.6 and 9.1 per 1000 births, respectively, while the rate of early neonatal mortality was 7.4 per 1000 live births. The most common reasons for neonatal death were pre-term labor and sepsis, while the most common reason for stillbirth was unknown etiology. There was a significant difference between stillbirth and early neonatal death in term of gestational age (Phttp://ijn.mums.ac.ir/article_6665_51ea59a1660e903caabac83d243d8b3b.pdfNeonatal mortalityPerinatal mortalityPrevalenceStillbirth
spellingShingle Fereshteh Ghorat
Reza Ghafarzadeh
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Perinatal Mortality and Its Associated Risk Factors: A Study in the North-East of Iran
Iranian Journal of Neonatology
Neonatal mortality
Perinatal mortality
Prevalence
Stillbirth
title Perinatal Mortality and Its Associated Risk Factors: A Study in the North-East of Iran
title_full Perinatal Mortality and Its Associated Risk Factors: A Study in the North-East of Iran
title_fullStr Perinatal Mortality and Its Associated Risk Factors: A Study in the North-East of Iran
title_full_unstemmed Perinatal Mortality and Its Associated Risk Factors: A Study in the North-East of Iran
title_short Perinatal Mortality and Its Associated Risk Factors: A Study in the North-East of Iran
title_sort perinatal mortality and its associated risk factors a study in the north east of iran
topic Neonatal mortality
Perinatal mortality
Prevalence
Stillbirth
url http://ijn.mums.ac.ir/article_6665_51ea59a1660e903caabac83d243d8b3b.pdf
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