Changing Trends of Maternal Mortality in a Rural Medical College in Eastern India: A 23-Year Retrospective Study

Autor: Debjani Deb, Anindya Kumar Das, BC Kameswari, Aditya Prasad Sarkar
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, Vol 16, Iss 10, Pp QC10-QC13 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2249-782X
0973-709X
DOI: 10.7860/JCDR/2022/57151.17053
Popis: Introduction: Maternal mortality in a region is a measure of reproductive health of women in that area. The direct causes of maternal deaths are largely preventable. A new era of more comprehensive, international development agenda-the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG 3.1) was launched by the United Nations General Assembly 2015, New York for ending preventable maternal deaths. Aim: To determine the causes and changing trends of maternal mortality in at a rural centre in Eastern India. Materials and Methods: A retrospective observational study was carried out in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology of Bankura Sammilani Medical College in West Bengal in Eastern India. Individual hospital records of all the maternal deaths, from January 1998 to December 2020 were collected. Data regarding demographic profile and reproductive parameters like gravida, parity, antenatal care and cause of death were collected. The records were divided into two four yearly periods, to compare the changing trends (1998-2001) vs (2017-2020) and three five yearly (2002-2006), (2007-2011), (2012-2016) periods. The first term (1998-2001) was taken as the reference period. Results: Comparison between first (1998-2001) and last term (2017-2020) shows significant declining trend of Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) (364 vs 148)/100000 live birth (p-value
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