Incidence and Risk Factors of Neonatal Mortality at Alramadi Teaching Hospital for Maternity and Childhood: A Cross Sectional Study

Abstract

Objective: To estimate neonatal mortality rate and determine major risk factors that contribute to neonatal mortality at alramadi teaching hospital for maternity and childhood. Method: A prospective cross sectional study including 3654 neonate admitted to neonatal care unit at alramadi teaching hospital for maternity and childhood. To investigate the prohibition of death neonatal we performed a logistic recession with an odds ratio estimation for the defrent of weight birth maternal education, cause of admission and place of delivery, as well as the estimate of additive and multiplicative interaction. Results: Data reveals the The incidence of neonatal death was 9.2%. It was higher in those with birth weight below 1.5 kg this means that low birth weight have higher chance of death with OR and C.I of (3.7 & 2.18– 6.07) respectively. Also mothers with low education levels have higher chance of loosing their newborn baby with OR and C.I of (2.56 & 1.06 – 4.29) respectively. Home delivery with midwife interference and sepsis also have strong association with neonatal death with OR (2.15 & 6.82) respectively. Conclusion: This is the first study done at Neonatal care unit of alramadi teaching hospital for maternity and childhood which analyze risk factors that highly contribute to neonatal death at that hospital. Determination of risk factors of neonatal death will help medical staff to reduce it through managing the avoidable risks like sepsis and educating the society about the importance of hospital delivery.