Determinant factors of maternal near miss in selected health facilities of Berak Woreda, Oromia national regional state, Ethiopia

Abstract
Background:Maternal near miss is one of the related concepts to maternal mortality where women survive merely by chance, luck, or by good hospital care. The present study was aimed to fill the prevailing knowledge gap on maternal near miss ratio and events and identify factors associated with near miss in selected health facilities of berak woreda.To determine associated factors of maternal near miss in selected health facilities of Berak woreda, Oromia national regional state, Ethiopia.Methods:Institutional based case control study was conducted in selected health facilities of barek woreda to asses determinant factors of maternal near miss among delivered women. Data of 1272 (344 cases and 928 controls) women were included in the analysis registered from 11 September 2014to 30 March 2018. Cases were women due to severe acute maternal morbidity while controls were women for normal labor. Simple random sampling technique was used in the delivery unit. The data were collected using WHO standard tool. Data were entered using epi data version 3.1 and exported to SPSSV.20 for data analysis.Results:Majority of cases were due to obstructed labor 270 (78.8%) followed by hemorrhage 33 (9.6%), preeclampsia 29 (8.14%), abortion 6 (1.74%), anemia 3 (0.87%), congenital heart disease2 (0.58%) and gestational infection1 (0.29%).Conclusions:Independent variables residence, duration of labor, ANC utilization, past obstetrics complication and number of live births were statistically significant with the outcome variable near miss. Maternal health policy needs to be concerned preventing major cause of near miss
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Keywords
Maternal near miss, Complication, Outcome, Near miss events
Citation
Abdulrazaq Bilal, Getahun Mulusew, Mohammed Ahmed, Kedir Shemsu, Nurahmed Negash, Abrha Yemane, Mohammed Awad, Kura Zerihun. Determinant factors of maternal near miss in selected health facilities of Berak Woreda, Oromia national regional state, Ethiopia. International Journal of Scientific Reports. 2020 Apr; 6(4): 131-138