Direct maternal morbidity and the risk of pregnancy-related deaths, stillbirths, and neonatal deaths in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa: A population-based prospective cohort study in 8 countries.
Direct maternal morbidity and the risk of pregnancy-related deaths, stillbirths, and neonatal deaths in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa: A population-based prospective cohort study in 8 countries.
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南亚和撒哈拉以南非洲孕产妇直接发病率和妊娠相关死亡、死产和新生儿死亡风险:8个国家基于人群的前瞻性队列研究
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pmed.1003644
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发表时间:
2021-06
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影响因子:
15.8
通讯作者:
Alliance for Maternal and Newborn Health Improvement (AMANHI) maternal morbidity study group
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Aftab F;Ahmed I;Ahmed S;Ali SM;Amenga-Etego S;Ariff S;Bahl R;Baqui AH;Begum N;Bhutta ZA;Biemba G;Cousens S;Das V;Deb S;Dhingra U;Dutta A;Edmond K;Esamai F;Ghosh AK;Gisore P;Grogan C;Hamer DH;Herlihy J;Hurt L;Ilyas M;Jehan F;Juma MH;Kalonji M;Khanam R;Kirkwood BR;Kumar A;Kumar A;Kumar V;Manu A;Marete I;Mehmood U;Minckas N;Mishra S;Mitra DK;Moin MI;Muhammad K;Newton S;Ngaima S;Nguwo A;Nisar MI;Otomba J;Quaiyum MA;Sarrassat S;Sazawal S;Semrau KE;Shannon C;Singh VP;Soofi S;Soremekun S;Suleiman AM;Sunday V;Dilip TR;Tshefu A;Wasan Y;Yeboah-Antwi K;Yoshida S;Zaidi AK;Alliance for Maternal and Newborn Health Improvement (AMANHI) maternal morbidity study group
Maternal morbidity occurs several times more frequently than mortality, yet data on morbidity burden and its effect on maternal, foetal, and newborn outcomes are limited in low- and middle-income countries. We aimed to generate prospective, reliable population-based data on the burden of major direct maternal morbidities in the antenatal, intrapartum, and postnatal periods and its association with maternal, foetal, and neonatal death in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. This is a prospective cohort study, conducted in 9 research sites in 8 countries of South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. We conducted population-based surveillance of women of reproductive age (15 to 49 years) to identify pregnancies. Pregnant women who gave consent were include in the study and followed up to birth and 42 days postpartum from 2012 to 2015. We used standard operating procedures, data collection tools, and training to harmonise study implementation across sites. Three home visits during pregnancy and 2 home visits after birth were conducted to collect maternal morbidity information and maternal, foetal, and newborn outcomes. We measured blood pressure and proteinuria to define hypertensive disorders of pregnancy and woman’s self-report to identify obstetric haemorrhage, pregnancy-related infection, and prolonged or obstructed labour. Enrolled women whose pregnancy lasted at least 28 weeks or those who died during pregnancy were included in the analysis. We used meta-analysis to combine site-specific estimates of burden, and regression analysis combining all data from all sites to examine associations between the maternal morbidities and adverse outcomes. Among approximately 735,000 women of reproductive age in the study population, and 133,238 pregnancies during the study period, only 1.6% refused consent. Of these, 114,927 pregnancies had morbidity data collected at least once in both antenatal and in postnatal period, and 114,050 of them were included in the analysis. Overall, 32.7% of included pregnancies had at least one major direct maternal morbidity; South Asia had almost double the burden compared to sub-Saharan Africa (43.9%, 95% CI 27.8% to 60.0% in South Asia; 23.7%, 95% CI 19.8% to 27.6% in sub-Saharan Africa). Antepartum haemorrhage was reported in 2.2% (95% CI 1.5% to 2.9%) pregnancies and severe postpartum in 1.7% (95% CI 1.2% to 2.2%) pregnancies. Preeclampsia or eclampsia was reported in 1.4% (95% CI 0.9% to 2.0%) pregnancies, and gestational hypertension alone was reported in 7.4% (95% CI 4.6% to 10.1%) pregnancies. Prolonged or obstructed labour was reported in about 11.1% (95% CI 5.4% to 16.8%) pregnancies. Clinical features of late third trimester antepartum infection were present in 9.1% (95% CI 5.6% to 12.6%) pregnancies and those of postpartum infection in 8.6% (95% CI 4.4% to 12.8%) pregnancies. There were 187 pregnancy-related deaths per 100,000 births, 27 stillbirths per 1,000 births, and 28 neonatal deaths per 1,000 live births with variation by country and region. Direct maternal morbidities were associated with each of these outcomes. Our findings imply that health programmes in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia must intensify their efforts to identify and treat maternal morbidities, which affected about one-third of all pregnancies and to prevent associated maternal and neonatal deaths and stillbirths. The study is not a clinical trial. Estimates of severe direct maternal morbidity are largely based on hospital-based studies with inconsistent definitions and varying selection criteria. Limited data are available from South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, the 2 regions with the highest maternal and newborn morbidity and mortality, where a larger proportion of births occur at home. We collected data on maternal morbidities from a cohort of women in the community in multiple sites in sub-Saharan Africa and in South Asia. Out of a cohort of >114,000 women, we found that about 1 in 3 women suffer a maternal morbidity, which was notably higher than the previously reported data. We found that the prevalence of preeclampsia and eclampsia was about 1%, which was lower than previously reported. About 11% of women reported having prolonged or obstructed labour, which was somewhat higher than published estimates. The burden of pregnancy-related infection in postpartum period was higher in South Asia than in sub-Saharan Africa. This is the first study, to our knowledge, to describe the burden of antepartum haemorrhage and late antepartum infection and to clearly demonstrate the association of direct maternal morbidity with adverse pregnancy outcomes. Higher burden of direct maternal morbidity and its association with adverse outcomes highlights the need for improving health of women and mothers, including promotion of preconception health and nutrition, and high-quality antepartum, intrapartum and postpartum care.
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影响因子:
34.3
作者:
Semrau, Katherine E. A.;Herlihy, Julie;Hamer, Davidson H.
通讯作者:
Hamer, Davidson H.
影响因子:
15.8
作者:
Magee, Laura A.;Sharma, Sumedha;von Dadelszen, Peter
通讯作者:
von Dadelszen, Peter
DOI:
10.1111/1471-0528.12629
发表时间:
2014-03-01
影响因子:
5.8
作者:
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通讯作者:
Souza, J. P.
DOI:
10.1002/ijgo.12468
发表时间:
2018-05
期刊:
International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics
影响因子:
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作者:
Gon G;Leite A;Calvert C;Woodd S;Graham WJ;Filippi V
通讯作者:
Filippi V
影响因子:
2.1
作者:
Ronsmans, C;Achadi, E;Zazri, A
通讯作者:
Zazri, A