Hospital-based case-control study of risk factors for early neonatal mortality in the Gaza Strip.

IF 1.7 4区医学 Q3 HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal Pub Date : 2023-05-31 DOI:10.26719/emhj.23.056

Asma El Najar, Khitam Abu Hamad

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Abstract

Background: Early neonatal death is an essential epidemiological indicator of maternal and child health.

Aims: To identify risk factors for early neonatal deaths in the Gaza Strip.

Methods: This hospital-based case-control study included 132 women who experienced neonatal deaths from January to September 2018. The control group comprised 264 women who were selected using systematic random sampling and gave birth to live newborns at the time of data collection.

Results: The controls who had no history of neonatal death or stillbirth were less likely to have an early neonatal death than women who had such history. The controls who did not have meconium aspiration syndrome or amniotic fluid complications were less likely to have an early neonatal death than women who experienced these complications during delivery. The controls who had a singleton birth outcome were less likely to have an early neonatal death than women who had multiple births.

Conclusion: Interventions are needed to provide preconception care, improve the quality of intrapartum and postnatal care, provide high-quality health education, and improve the quality of care provided by neonatal intensive care units in the Gaza Strip.

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加沙地带新生儿早期死亡危险因素的医院病例对照研究。

背景:新生儿早期死亡是妇幼健康的重要流行病学指标。目的:查明加沙地带新生儿早期死亡的危险因素。方法:这项以医院为基础的病例对照研究纳入了2018年1月至9月期间发生新生儿死亡的132名妇女。对照组由264名妇女组成，她们采用系统随机抽样的方法，在数据收集时生育了活的新生儿。结果:没有新生儿死亡或死产史的对照组新生儿早期死亡的可能性低于有此类历史的妇女。对照组中没有胎粪吸入综合征或羊水并发症的新生儿早期死亡的可能性低于分娩时出现这些并发症的妇女。与多胎分娩的妇女相比，单胎分娩的对照组新生儿早期死亡的可能性更小。结论:需要采取干预措施，以提供孕前护理，提高产时和产后护理质量，提供高质量的健康教育，并提高加沙地带新生儿重症监护病房提供的护理质量。

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Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICESPUBLIC, ENV-PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

CiteScore

3.30

自引率

4.80%

发文量

112

期刊介绍： The Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, established in 1995, is the flagship health periodical of the World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean. The mission of the Journal is to contribute to improving health in the Eastern Mediterranean Region by publishing and publicising quality health research and information with emphasis on public health and the strategic health priorities of the Region. It aims to: further public health knowledge, policy, practice and education; support health policy-makers, researchers and practitioners; and enable health professionals to remain informed of developments in public health. The EMHJ: -publishes original peer-reviewed research and reviews in all areas of public health of relevance to the Eastern Mediterranean Region -encourages, in particular, research related to the regional health priorities, namely: health systems strengthening; emergency preparedness and response; communicable diseases; noncommunicable diseases and mental health; reproductive, maternal, child health and nutrition -provides up-to-date information on public health developments with special reference to the Region. The Journal addresses all members of the health profession, health educational institutes, as well as governmental and nongovernmental organizations in the area of public health within and outside the Region.