Determinants of Adverse Birth Outcomes among mothers who gave Birth in Gandhi Memorial Hospital Addis Ababa Ethiopia 2019: Facility based CaseControl study

Abstract

Background: - Most the neonatal deaths and long-life complications are because of adverse birth outcome. Especially preterm, low birth weight and still birth are the most contributor of high rate of neonatal death and adulthood health complications particularly in Ethiopia. So identifying determinant factors of adverse birth outcome is among very important inputs to mitigate adverse birth outcome and its impact; besides it is very important in alleviating study limitation regarding determinant factors of still birth, preterm or low birth weight in Ethiopia. Methods: Facility based unmatched case-control study design was used among 408 participants selected by using systematic random sampling technique at Gandhi Memorial Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in 2019. Sample size was calculated Epi-Info using 95% confidence level, 80%power, and 10% non-response rate with 3:1 ratio of controls to cases. -Data were collected by using interview administered structured questionnaire. The loaded data was exported from Epi-data 3.1 to SPSS version 23.0 for analysis. Logistic regression model was used for analysis & p-value <0.05 was accepted as independent determinants of adverse birth outcomes. Results: There were 408 study participants with 100% response rate. This study identified that complications during previous child bearing