Authors : Mohammad Ali Jahani, Mousa Yaminfirooz, Mohsen Haghshenas Mojaveri, Tayebe Salmanian and Masoomeh Naghavian
Abstract: Perinatal mortality has been used as a comparative measure of health care across regions. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and etiologic factors of mortality during perinatal period at hospitals, Iran. This study has been surveyed with a cross-sectional, descriptive and analytical method done using census from 2013-2014. Population study was all of fetus and neonatal that has died during 22 completed weeks of gestation and ends 28 completed days after birth. Data analysis was conducted using Chi-square test (χ2) and fisher exact test at significant level of α = 0.05. Perinatal mortality has been estimated 17.4 per 1000. Mothers’ age diagnosed with perinatal mortality ranged from 15-45 years old. Pregnancy week ranged from 22-41 with average value of 29.64±0.48 and standard deviation of 5.94. In addition, the weight at birth time ranged from 250-5500 g with a mean of 1447.810±84.73 and standard deviation of 1048.02. Perinatal mortality had a significant difference with not only gender of fetus (p = 0.121) but had significant difference with the congenital abnormalities (p<0.001) and maternal underlying diseases (p<0.001) to pregnancy disease. Mortality of perinatal can be prevented largely via screening/monitoring the high risk women and referring them to appropriate care centers. Moreover other factors witch include counselling, before, during and after pregnancy, rapid detection and appropriate time for delivery of high-risk pregnancies, creating intensive care unit, providing expert medical team and coordination between them are needed.
Mohammad Ali Jahani, Mousa Yaminfirooz, Mohsen Haghshenas Mojaveri, Tayebe Salmanian and Masoomeh Naghavian, 2016. Prevalence and Etiology of Perinatal Period Mortality Rates in Hospitals, Iran. Research Journal of Medical Sciences, 10: 443-448.