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2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 334-344
Author(s):  
Adjani A. ◽  
Allen S.
Andrology ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 58-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. U. Jeh ◽  
S. Yoon ◽  
D. H. Seo ◽  
S. W. Lee ◽  
C. Lee ◽  
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2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Agnes Napyo Kasede ◽  
Thorkild Tylleskär ◽  
David Mukunya ◽  
Josephine Tumuhamye ◽  
Grace Ndeezi ◽  
...  

Abstract Background Home delivery has been associated with mother-to-child transmission of HIV and remains high among HIV-infected women. Predictors for home delivery in the context of HIV have not been fully studied and understood in Northern Uganda. We therefore aimed to find out the incidence and risk factors for home delivery among women living with HIV in Lira, Northern Uganda. Methods This prospective cohort study was conducted between August 2018 and January 2020 in Lira district, Northern Uganda. A total of 505 HIV infected women receiving antenatal care at Lira regional referral hospital were enrolled consecutively and followed up at delivery. We used a structured questionnaire to obtain data on exposures which included: socio-demographic, reproductive-related and HIV-related characteristics. Data was analysed using Stata version 14.0 (StataCorp, College Station, Texas, U.S.A.). We estimated adjusted risk ratios using Poisson regression models to ascertain risk factors for the outcome of interest which was home delivery (which is delivering an infant outside a health facility setting under the supervision of a non-health worker). Results The incidence of home delivery among women living with HIV was 6.9% (95%CI: 4.9–9.5%). Single women were more likely to deliver at home (adjusted risk ratio = 4.27, 95%CI: 1.66–11). Women whose labour started in the night (night time onset of labour ARR = 0.39, 95%CI: 0.18–0.86) and those that were adherent to their ART (ARR = 0.33, 95%CI: 0.13–0.86) were less likely to deliver at home. Conclusion Home delivery remains high among women living with HIV especially those that do not have a partner. We recommend intensified counselling on birth planning and preparedness in the context of HIV and PMTCT especially for women who are: separated, divorced, widowed or never married and those that are not adherent to their ART.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ratna Patel ◽  
Strong P Marbaniang ◽  
Shobhit Srivast ◽  
Pradeep Kumar ◽  
Shekhar Chauhan

Abstract Background: Most of childbirth complications usually arise during the time of delivery and are difficult to predict, but can be effectively managed through delivery at the health facility equipped with skilled birth attendants placed in an enabling environment. Despite many efforts put by the Government to reduce maternal and neonatal deaths through institutional birth deliveries, statistics suggest that these deaths are still very high in India. This study sought to determine the prevalence of home births and identifying the factors influencing women choice.Methods: Data from the National Family Health Survey (NFHS) conducted during 2005-06 and 2015-16 was used in the study. The respondents were women 15-49 years, a sample of 36,850 and 1, 90,898 women from two time period were included in the study. Multivariate logistic regression was used to determine the factors influencing home delivery. Results: Women’s who give birth at home has reduced by 39.6% from 58.5%. As compared to women below 18 years, those who were above 25 years were less likely to give birth at home [OR: 0.57; CI: 0.49-0.68] and [OR: 0.76; CI:0.70-0.82]. Women with full ANC visit were less likely to give birth at home as compare to women with no ANC visit [OR: 0.34; CI: 0.28-0.41] and [OR: 0.41; CI: 0.38-0.45]. In central India the odds of delivering babies at home was high in 2005-06 [OR: 1.15; CI: 1.01-1.32] whereas in 2015-16 the situation was opposite [OR: 0.92; CI: 0.87 -0.98] in reference to women from north India. Conclusion: There is a need to promote institutional deliveries, special focus to be given to poor women, women with higher parity, uneducated women, and rural women. Much work needs to be done in the rural parts of the country as rural women were more likely to opt for home delivery than their counterparts.


2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dejene Kassa ◽  
Henok Tadele ◽  
Birkneh Tilahun Tadesse ◽  
Akalewold Alemayehu ◽  
Teshome Abuka ◽  
...  

Abstract Background Institutional delivery service utilization is one of the key and proven interventions to reduce maternal death. It ensures safe birth, reduces both actual and potential complications, and decreases maternal and newborn death. However, a significant proportion of deliveries in developing countries including Ethiopia occurs at home and is not attended by skilled birth attendants. This study aimed at determining the prevalence of home delivery and associated factors in three districts in Sidama Zone.Methods A cross sectional survey was conducted from 15th- 20th October 2018. A multi-stage sampling design was employed to select 507 women who gave birth 12 months preceding the survey. Quantitative data were collected by using structured, interviewer administered questionnaires. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression models were run to assess factors associated with home delivery. Measures of association between factors and the outcome variable were reported using 95% confidence intervals (CIs) and adjusted odds ratios (aORs).Results The response rate was 495(97.6%). The overall prevalence of home delivery was 113 (28%) with 95%CI (19%, 27%). Maternal rural residence, aOR=7.45(95%CI: 2.23-24.83); illiteracy of mothers, aOR=8.78 (95% CI: 2.33-33.01); those who completed grades 1-4, aOR =3.81(95% CI: 1.16-12.49); mothers who did not know the expected date of delivery, aOR=2.12 (95% CI: 1.21-3.71); mother being merchant, aOR=3.01(95%CI:1.44-6.3) and paternal illiteracy, aOR=3.27, (95% CI: 1.20-8.88) were predictors of home birth.Conclusion The prevalence of skilled birth attendance in the study area has improved from the EDHS 2016 report of 26%. Uneducated, rural and merchant mothers were more likely to deliver at home. Interventions targeting rural and uneducated mothers might help to increase skilled birth attendance in the region.


2012 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 90-96 ◽  
Author(s):  
Md Mahbubul Hoque ◽  
Mohammad Faizul Haque Khan ◽  
Jotsna Ara Begum ◽  
MAK Azad Chowdhury ◽  
Lars Ake Persson

Background: Despite proven cost effective intervention, there has been little change in neonatal mortality. In Bangladesh neonatal mortality accounts for two third of infants death. About 90% deliveries take place in home and majority of neonatal death are taking place within 7 days of birth. Information about reasons for delivering at home and newborn care practices will be useful to undertake simple intervention measures by policy makers.Aims and objective: To see the knowledge, perception and behaviour of mothers towards their normal and sick newborn.Methods: A cross sectional study was carried out in Dhaka Shishu Hospital from June to November, 2007. A semistructured, pretested questionnaire was used to interview mothers attending inpatient (IPD) and outpatient department (OPD) of hospital.Results: A total 198 mothers were interviewed. Home deliveries were 35.5% and Institutional were 64.5%. Among the Institutional deliveries 35% (44 out of 127) were planned and tried first at home, but when failed mothers were taken to hospital. Majority (86%) of home deliveries were conducted by Dai/relatives. Umbilical cord was cut with new/boiled blade in 85% of home deliveries and household knife was used in 4% cases. Birth place were not at all heated in all home deliveries. In 32 % of home deliveries babies were given bath within 1 hour of birth and it was 15% in case of hospital deliveries. Forty-eight percent babies of home deliveries were wrapped within 10 minutes. Prelacteal feed was given in 51% of home deliveries in comparison to 23% of institutional deliveries. The rate of initiation of breast feeding within one hour of birth was 52% in home and 35% in institutional deliveries. In all cases breast milk was given within 48 hours. Main reasons cited for delivering at home were preference (43%) and fear about hospital (39%). In case of educated (graduate) mothers 72% deliveries took place at hospital. Less feeding (56%), vomiting (42%), less movement (32%), fever (29%) and cough (27%) could be recognized by mothers as signs of sickness.Conclusion: Home deliveries and poor newborn care practices are commonly found in this study. Traditional birth attendants should be adequately trained as they are conducting majority of home deliveries. Female education is very important to reduce home delivery as it is seen that deliveries of educated mothers are taking place in hospital. High risk traditional newborn care practices like delayed wrapping, early bathing, use of oil in umbilical stump and prelacteal feeding need to be addressed. This study also found that knowledge to identify sickness in newborn is still poor.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bjch.v35i3.10497  Bangladesh J Child Health 2011; Vol 35 (3): 90-96


Prostatectomy ◽  
2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wai Hee Steve Chan ◽  
Chi Fai Kan ◽  
Churk Fai Trevor Li

1970 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heera Tuladhar

Aim: To study the effect of various determinants of home delivery in Nepal.Methods: Prospective descriptive study among women who after being delivered at home were admitted inNepal Medical College Teaching Hospital (NMCTH), a tertiary care hospital situated at suburban area ofKathmanduResults: Of 114 women, majority were between the ages of 20-24 yrs. Most of the women were multipara(64%). Majority had no formal education accounting for 68.4 %. Lasheta (Lama, Sherpa , Tamang) was themost common ethnic group. Most (30.1%) of their spouses also were illiterate or had only primary leveleducation. Majority of the husbands of the respondents were laborers (63.2%). Regarding attendance ofantenatal care (ANC); at least 84 (73.7%) women had attended ANC once and half of the women hadattended 4 more visits. Home delivery was planned by 67 (58.8%) women; whereas only 47 (41.2%) hadchosen hospital delivery and delivered at home due to various reasons. Financial problem was the mostcommon reason followed by ignorance and transportation problem. Among all the women, only 5.3% wereattended to by a professionally trained provider (doctor, nurse, and midwife). A disturbingly high proportionof women (87.6%) were attended by an untrained family member, friend or neighbor, and 7% of womendelivered completely unattended. Women were brought to the hospital by family member 59.6% other thanhusband and 8.8% were accompanied by neighbors/friends. Most of these women were brought with retainedplacenta, primary post partum hemorrhage.Conclusion: In this study area, usage of the antenatal care was high, but the opportunity to deliver athospital was not fully utilized. This study has highlighted some of the factors affecting the choice of place ofdelivery among mothers in a semi urban settlement in Nepal namely mothers educational level, husband'seducation and occupation, financial constraints, lack of transportation and ignorance. Majority of thedeliveries took place at home and unsupervised by a skilled attendant thus aggravating the risk of the highperinatal and maternal morbidities and mortalities in the study area.Key words: Home delivery; determinants; antenatal care; delivery attendanceDOI: 10.3126/njog.v4i1.3329Nepal Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology June-July 2009; 4(1): 30-37


2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 183-188 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samih Taktak ◽  
Patrick Jones ◽  
Ahsanul Haq ◽  
Bhavan Prasad Rai ◽  
Bhaskar K. Somani

Aquablation is a minimally invasive surgical technology for benign prostate enlargement, which uses high-pressure saline to remove parenchymal tissue through a heat-free mechanism of hydrodissection. Early results show this to be a promising surgical strategy with a strong morbidity profile and reduced resection time. This review serves to provide an overview of the technique and evaluate its safety and efficacy.


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