Factors associated with home deliveries in Thampalakamam, Trincomalee

dc.contributor.authorLukumar, P.en_US
dc.contributor.authorPathmeswaran, A.en_US
dc.creator.corporateauthorSri Lanka Medical Associationen_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-10-29T09:24:31Z
dc.date.available2014-10-29T09:24:31Z
dc.date.issued2006en_US
dc.descriptionIndexed in MEDLINE
dc.description.abstractINTRODUCTION: In Sri Lanka, more than 95% of women deliver in hospital. There is regional variation in the rate of home deliveries, and in some areas a significant number of mothers deliver at home. OBJECTIVE: The objective of the present study was to identify the factors associated with home deliveries in Thampalakamam, Trincomalee. METHODOLOGY: Ours was a community based, exploratory type of case control study. Cases were home deliveries during the period from Jan 1, 2000 to Dec 31, 2002 in Thampalakamam Divisonal Director of Health Services (DDHS) area. Controls were institutional deliveries among women residing in Thampalakamam DDHS area during the same period. A total of 139 cases and 278 controls were identified for this study. Data was collected at the household level using an interviewer-administered questionnaire. RESULTS: The following factors were found to have strong association with home deliveries: being a Muslim (OR = 33.0, 95% CI 16.8-64.8), low (< grade 5) maternal education (OR = 3.5, 95% CI 1.8-6.6), parity more than 3 (OR = 3.2, 95% CI 1.5-6.6) not being visited by a public health midwife (OR = 2.4, 95% CI 0.8-6.9), not being seen by a medical officer during the antenatal period (OR = 7.0, 95% CI 0.6-83.3). Lack of transport (35.5%) was mentioned as main reason for home deliveries by the women. Of the home deliveries 95% were assisted by a traditional birth attendant. CONCLUSIONS: Poor education of women and deficiencies in the delivery of antenatal care were found to be important risk factors for home deliveries.en_US
dc.identifier.citationThe Ceylon Medical Journal. 2006; 51(2): pp.59-62en_US
dc.identifier.departmentPublic Healthen_US
dc.identifier.issn0009-0875 (Print)en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/1741
dc.publisherSri Lanka Medical Associationen_US
dc.subjectHome Childbirth
dc.subjectPregnancy
dc.subjectPrenatal Care
dc.subjectRisk Factors
dc.subjectSocioeconomic Factors
dc.subjectCase-Control Studies
dc.titleFactors associated with home deliveries in Thampalakamam, Trincomaleeen_US
dc.typeResearch Paperen_US

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