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HIGH PREVALENCE OF STILLBIRTHS AND ITS ASSOCIATED DEMOGRAPHIC TRAITS

Dr Uzma Hamid Siddiqui, Dr Sania Mumtaz Tahir, Dr Aqsa Majeed

Abstract: Objective: There is very high rate of stillbirths in country Pakistan as compared to the whole world. So, this case work aimed to find out the occurrence of the stillbirths & its related traits of demography in Lahore. The objective of this case work is to know about the rate of the stillbirths with focusing on parity as well as pregnancy duration in a health care center of Lahore as well as to find out the social and demographic traits of the families suffering from this issue. Methods: All females with pregnancy who delivered stillbirth outcome in the maternity ward of Allama Iqbal Medical Hospital Lahore were the part of this case work. This case work started in November 2017 & finished in October 2018. The deliveries which took place before twenty eight weeks of the pregnancy period were not the part of this case work. The records of the hospital as well as doctors confirmed the pregnancy duration. A well-organized Performa was in use for the collection of the concern information. Results: Among total seven thousand seven hundred and eight deliveries, one hundred and thirty seven were deliveries were stillbirths. Total eighty four mothers were prim-parous & 12.0% females were less than twenty year of age. Most of the stillbirths as 80.30% were of macerated & 20.0% deliveries were just the fresh stillbirths. About 55.0% stillbirths took place from 33 to 37 weeks of pregnancy and 20.0% took place from 28 to 32 weeks of pregnancy period. Almost 80.0% (n: 109) stillbirths were less weight at the time of birth & only 20.0% (n: 28) stillbirths were available with normal weight at the time of birth. Conclusion: The findings of this case work conclude that stillbirths are very frequent among females who were prim-parous. There is need of special awareness lectures and workshops for the care during pregnancy period in prim-parous females to decrease the occurrence of stillbirths. KEY WORDS: Stillbirths, Prim-parous, occurrence, rate, methodology, frequent, pregnancy.

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