Preterm Birth (PTB) can negatively affect the health of mothers as well infants. Prediction this gynecological complication remains difficult especially in Middle and Low-Income countries because limited access to specific tests data collection scarcity. Machine learning methods have been used predict PTB but low prevalence pregnancy led rather prediction values. The objective study was produce...

OBJECTIVE To examine the incidence and type of obstetric fistula presenting to Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia over a 4-year period. STUDY DESIGN This is a 4-year retrospective survey of obstetric fistula treated at three Hamlin Fistula Hospitals in Ethiopia, where approximately half of all women in the country are treated. The operation logbook was reviewed to identify all new cases of obstetric fis...

BACKGROUND In Gujarat, India, a state led public private partnership scheme to promote facility birth named Chiranjeevi Yojana (CY) was implemented in 2005. Institutional birth is provided free of cost at accredited private health facilities to women from socially disadvantaged groups (eligible women). CY has contributed in increasing facility birth and providing substantially subsidized (but n...

OBJECTIVE The main aim of this study was to assess whether a history of abuse, reported during pregnancy, was associated with an operative delivery. Secondly, we assessed if the association varied according to the type of abuse and if the reported abuse had been experienced as a child or an adult. DESIGN The Bidens study, a cohort study in six European countries (Belgium, Iceland, Denmark, Es...

OBJECTIVES To study the uptake of socially marketed insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) and their impact on malaria and anaemia in pregnancy; and to report on a discount voucher system which aimed to increase coverage in pregnancy. METHODS A 12-month cross-sectional study of women in the second or third trimester of pregnancy. ITN use and other factors were assessed by questionnaire and a blood s...

Objective: To determine frequency of thrombocytopenia among pregnant women Study Design: Descriptive cross sectional study. Place and Duration Study: Department Gynaecology & Obstetrics from 1st May 2018 to 30th November 2018. Methodology: One hundred fifty seven reproductive age 15-45 years, who were normotensive without any malarial parasite or platelet aggregation seen on peripheral film...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to compare pelvic floor muscle (PFM) strength using transvaginal digital palpation in healthy continent women in different age groups, and to compare the inter- and intra-rater reliability of examiners performing anterior and posterior vaginal assessments. METHODS We prospectively studied 150 healthy multiparous women. They were distributed into four diffe...

Assessing prenatal health-related quality of life (HRQoL) by parity using a comprehensive consistent instrument with the transient nature pregnancy is still under investigation. To assess HRQoL and specify its predictors among expectant women in Hungary through Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS-43). s: 477 healthy pregnant were asked to fill Hungarian version PROM...

BACKGROUND We assessed whether adding the biomarkers Pregnancy Associated Plasma Protein-A (PAPP-A) and Placental Growth Factor (PlGF) to maternal clinical characteristics improved the prediction of a previously developed model for gestational hypertension in a cohort of Ghanaian pregnant women. METHODS This study was nested in a prospective cohort of 1010 pregnant women attending antenatal c...