Risk factors of preterm birth among mothers who gave birth in public hospitals of central zone, Tigray, Ethiopia: unmatched case-control study 2017/2018

• Published in: BMC research notes Vol. 11; no. 1; p. 571
• Main Authors: Teklay, Girmay, Teshale, Tsega, Tasew, Hagos, Mariye, Teklewoini, Berihu, Hagos, Zeru, Teklay
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 13.08.2018; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Adult; Analysis; Babies; Birth; Case-Control Studies; Central zone; Data collection; Ethiopia; Female; Fetuses; Health aspects; Health risk assessment; Health services; Hospitals; Hospitals, Public - statistics & numerical data; Humans; Infant, Newborn; Maternal & child health; Mother-infant relations; Mothers; Neonates; Obstetrics; Population; Pregnancy; Premature birth; Premature Birth - epidemiology; Premature infants; Prenatal care; Preterm birth; Research Note; Risk Factors; Sampling techniques; Systematic review; Trends; Young Adult; Ethiopia; Preterm birth; Central zone; Mothers; Risk factors
• ISSN: 1756-0500; 1756-0500
• DOI: 10.1186/s13104-018-3693-y

The aim of the study was to identify the risk factors for preterm birth in public hospitals of the central zone, Tigray, Ethiopia 2017/2018. A total of 88 neonates who born preterm (cases) and 176 neonates who born term (controls) with their index mothers were included making a response rate of 100%. About 84/88 (95.5%) mothers in cases and 173/176 (98.3%) in control had antenatal care follow up. Among them, 33 (39.3%) cases and 102 (58%) controls were had antenatal care follow up four times and above. In multiple logistic regression at P-value < 0.05, mothers with ANC follow up less than four [AOR 95% CI 2.15 (1.19, 3.85)], mothers with pregnancy-induced hypertension [AOR 3.245; 95% CI (1.58, 6.67)], multiple pregnancy [AOR 2.47; 95% CI (1.14, 5.33)], fetal distress [AOR 4.0; 95% CI (1.9, 8.2)] and birth defect [AOR 3.19; 95% CI (1.22, 8.34)] were independent risk factors of preterm delivery.