TITLE:
Maternal Mortality Risk Factors in Regional Hospital of Burkina Faso
AUTHORS:
Léon G. Blaise Savadogo, Aminata Zombra, Cécile Tamini, Maurice Kinda, Philipe Donnen
KEYWORDS:
Maternal Mortality; Risk Factors; Regional Hospital; Burkina Faso
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Epidemiology,
Vol.4 No.2,
March
27,
2014
ABSTRACT: Individual causes and community determinants are synergic in maternal death occurrence. This study aimed to identify maternal mortality risk factors in a regional hospital. Material and Methods: This was a retrospective cohort study from data of 1807 hospitalized women. To identify maternal mortality risks factors, mortality hazard ratio (HR CI95%) has been calculated in univariate analysis and Cox proportional hazard model. Results: During hospitalization, 30 maternal deaths occurred. From Cox regression, adjusted mortality HR confirmed that women age older than 35 (HR = 2.5, CI95%: [1.2-5.7] and younger than 19 (HR = 3.02, CI95%: [1.5-6.7]); distance to hospital ≥10 Km (HR = 4.1, CI95%: [1.8-9.4]; multiple deliveries (HR = 2.4, CI95%: [1.1-7.3]), less ante natal care (