Predictors of uterine rupture in a large sample of women in Senegal and Mali: cross-sectional analysis of QUARITE trial data.
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ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:The purpose of this study was to investigate predictors of uterine rupture in a large sample of sub-Saharan African women. Uterine rupture is rare in high-income countries, but it is more common in low-income settings where health systems are often under-resourced. However, understanding of risk factors contributing to uterine rupture in such settings is limited due to small sample sizes and research rarely considers system and individual-level factors concomitantly. METHODS:Cross-sectional data analysis from the pre-intervention period (Oct. 1, 2007- Oct. 1, 2008) of the QUARITE trial, a large-scale maternal mortality study. This research examines uterine rupture among 84,924 women who delivered in one of 46 referral hospitals in Mali and Senegal. A mixed-effects logistic regression model identified individual and geographical risk factors associated with uterine rupture, accounting for clustering by hospital. RESULTS:Five hundred sixty-nine incidences of uterine rupture (0.67% of sample) were recorded. Predictors of uterine rupture: grand multiparity defined as >?5 live births (aOR?=?7.57, 95%CI; 5.19-11.03), prior cesarean (aOR?=?2.02, 95%CI; 1.61-2.54), resides outside hospital region (aOR?=?1.90, 95%CI: 1.28-2.81), no prenatal care visits (aOR?=?1.80, 95%CI; 1.44-2.25), and birth weight of >?3600 g (aOR?=?1.61, 95%CI; 1.30-1.98). Women who were referred and who had an obstructed labor had much higher odds of uterine rupture compared to those who experienced neither (aOR: 46.25, 95%CI; 32.90-65.02). CONCLUSIONS:The results of this large study confirm that the referral system, particularly for women with obstructed labor and increasing parity, is a main determinant of uterine rupture in this context. Improving labor and delivery management at each level of the health system and communication between health care facilities should be a priority to reduce uterine rupture.
SUBMITTER: Delafield R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6211600 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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