Determinants of Adverse Birth Outcomes among Pregnant Women in Kintampo Municipal Hospital, Ghana

Sumaila, Issah; Asumah, Mubarick Nungbaso; Hallidu, Mustapha; Ndekudugu, Abraham; Issifu, Shaibu; Twum, Anthony; Danquah, Collins Boateng; Agodzo, Helen; Appiah, Paulina Clara; Boateng, Fred Adomako

doi:10.3389/fgwh.2025.1444566

ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Glob. Womens Health

Sec. Maternal Health

Volume 6 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fgwh.2025.1444566

Determinants of Adverse Birth Outcomes among Pregnant Women in Kintampo Municipal Hospital, Ghana

Provisionally accepted

Issah Sumaila ^1*

Mubarick Nungbaso Asumah ¹

Mustapha Hallidu ¹

Abraham Ndekudugu ¹

Shaibu Issifu ²

Anthony Twum ¹

Collins Boateng Danquah ¹

Helen Agodzo ¹

Paulina Clara Appiah ¹

Fred Adomako Boateng ¹

¹ Ghana Health Service, Accra, Ghana
² Catholic University College of Ghana, Sunyani, Ghana

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Objective: To examine the predictors of adverse birth outcomes (ABOs) among pregnant women attending antenatal clinics at the Kintampo Municipal Hospital (KMH) in Ghana.A case-control study was conducted to enrol 408 pregnant women attending antenatal clinic at KMH into the study. Structured questionnaire was used to elicit information from the respondents. Stata version 15 was used to analyse the data. Multiple regression analysis was conducted to determine factors associated with ABOs. Level of statistical significance was established at p<0.05.Results: Factors that were significantly associated with ABOs were: receiving of ITN (aOR = 2.03, 95% CI: 1.20, 3.45), at least 8 times visits to ANC (aOR = 0.32, 95%CI: 0.15, 0.69), and partner's education (aOR=0.53, 95%CI: 0.29, 0.96).Contrary to expectations, this study revealed that receiving ITNs during pregnancy was associated with ABOs. Further research is needed to explain why receiving ITNs increases the likelihood of ABOs.

Keywords: preterm, Stillbirth, low birth weight, Congenital abnormality, Adverse birth outcome, Macrosomia, Determinant

Received: 05 Jun 2024; Accepted: 21 Feb 2025.

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* Correspondence: Issah Sumaila, Ghana Health Service, Accra, Ghana

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