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Risk Factors Associated with Stillbirth in Thai Nguyen Province, Vietnam

2007; Oxford University Press; Volume: 53; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1093/tropej/fmm044

1465-3664

Swee May Cripe, Thanh Phung, T. P. L. Nguyen, Michelle A. Williams,

Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies

We investigated risk factors associated with stillbirths using personal interviews and medical records abstraction in a hospital-based case-control study in Thai Nguyen Province, Vietnam. There were 47 stillbirth cases and 365 controls in this study. Maternal education (< or =12 years) (Odds Ratio, OR = 3.07; 95% CI = 1.19-7.96), from rural communities (OR = 2.42; 95% CI = 1.16-5.03), primiparous (OR = 3.83; 95% CI = 1.10-13.40) and lack of prenatal care vitamins (OR = 2.56; 95% CI = 1.25-5.23) were statistically significant risk factors associated with stillbirth in an age-adjusted multivariable model. Our findings suggest that improved maternal health education and care in all communities may reduce the burden of fetal loss in this province.