Relation between sociodemographic factors and preterm birth
Relation between sociodemographic factors and preterm birth
Nasim Sadat Pajohanfar,1,*Saeede Mehrabadi,2
1. Department of Midwifery, Faculty of Medicine, Student workgroup of Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Gonabad University of Medical Sciences, Gonabad, Iran. 2. Department of Midwifery, School of medical, Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences, Sabzevar, Iran
Introduction: Preterm birth is a multi-risk factor. The leading causes of preterm birth are spontaneous, preterm premature rupture of the membranes, maternal and fetal inductions, and multiple pregnancies. Leading to preterm birth, factors such as socio-demographics can help health workers take necessary measures to mothers at risk in order to reduce maternal and fetal complications of premature birth.
Methods: The study was conducted on 5747 mothers who gave birth in 2016-2017. We used a researcher-made checklist based on scientific texts and articles to generate information on their pregnancies and births. The final checklist data was entered in SPSS software version 16. The logistic regression model was used to determine the socio-demographic factors associated with preterm birth.
Results: we realized that there are significant associations between socio-demographic factors during pregnancy and preterm birth. Maternal age younger than 18 , older than 35 years old, elementary education ,and illiterate have a significant association with preterm birth. The place of residence of mothers was not associated with the risk of preterm birth.
Conclusion: Maternal age and Mother's education level are associated with preterm birth. However, there is no relationship between the place of living of mothers and preterm birth.