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REVIEW article

Front. Glob. Womens Health
Sec. Maternal Health
Volume 5 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fgwh.2024.1432729
This article is part of the Research Topic Maternal Health Services Utilization in Sub-Saharan Africa View all 6 articles

Epidemiology of Intrapartum Stillbirth and associated factors among women who gave childbirth in Ethiopia: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Provisionally accepted
Eskinder Israel Eskinder Israel 1*Awoke Abraham Awoke Abraham 1Mihiret Tesfaw Mihiret Tesfaw 2Temesgen Geta Temesgen Geta 3Melkamu Worku Melkamu Worku 4Samson Dubale Samson Dubale 2Tagese Yakob Tagese Yakob 1Endale Jambo Endale Jambo 4Eshetu Elfios Eshetu Elfios 3
  • 1 School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences and Medicine, Wolaita Sodo University, Sodo, Ethiopia
  • 2 Other, Hawassa, Ethiopia
  • 3 School of Nursing, College of Health Science and Medicine, Wolaita Sodo University, Wolaita Sodo, Ethiopia, Wolaita Sodo, Ethiopia
  • 4 Wolaita Sodo University, Sodo, Ethiopia

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    Background: Stillbirth always resulted in a multi-dimensional impact from the individual level to the country level at large. It causes psychological depression, social stigmatization, and decreased quality of life for women. Despite several studies conducted in Ethiopia, no national pooled estimates were done. Therefore, this systematic review and meta-analysis sought to assess intrapartum stillbirth and associated factors among women who had childbirth in Ethiopia using the available published evidence.The current review included studies conducted in Ethiopia. The databases used primarily were Medline/ PubMed, Google Scholar, Scopus, Web of Science, Ethiopian University Repository Online, CINAHL, African Journals Online and Cochrane Library. All cross-sectional studies conducted in English and met eligibility criteria were included in the final review. A random-effects meta-analysis was performed. Data extraction and analysis were also performed using Microsoft Excel and STATA version 14 software respectively.In the current review, eleven studies were included, and their quality was assessed before being chosen for the final review. The pooled prevalence of intrapartum stillbirth among women who had childbirth in Ethiopia was 9.21% [(95% CI (7.03%, 11.39%); I 2 =90.2, P=0.000]. Women with a previous history of stillbirth [(OR = 5.14,, I 2 = 60.0%, p = 0.04) and had no use of antenatal care [(OR = 0.43, 95% CI (0.18-0.68) I 2 = 85.3%, p=0.001)] were significantly associated with intrapartum stillbirth among women who gave childbirth.Nearly one-tenth of women who had childbirth in Ethiopia had an intrapartum SB.Revitalizing the existing health extension package particularly family health services with emphasis on focused antenatal care and counselling as well as with prompt referral system would reduce intrapartum SB.

    Keywords: Intrapartum, Stillbirth, Women, Childbirth, Ethiopia, Systematic review, Metaanalysis (ስወልዱ (በወሊድ ጊዜ),

    Received: 14 May 2024; Accepted: 21 Aug 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Israel, Abraham, Tesfaw, Geta, Worku, Dubale, Yakob, Jambo and Elfios. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Eskinder Israel, School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences and Medicine, Wolaita Sodo University, Sodo, Ethiopia

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