Journal article
Social, obstetric and environmental determinants of low Apgar score among infants born in four selected hospitals in Ibadan, Nigeria
Journal of obstetrics and gynaecology, v 38(4), pp 454-460
19 May 2018
PMID: 29390911
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Abstract
Little information exists about socio-economic, environmental or occupational determinants of low Apgar scores among Nigerian neonates.
Mothers in lying-in wards of four hospitals in Ibadan were interviewed on socio-demographic characteristics, obstetric history and work activities during index pregnancy. Apgar scores and clinical data were extracted from case notes. Of the 1349 respondents, 20% had Apgar score <7 at one minute, 4% at five minutes. Lower education, cooking with kerosene, physical exertion at work, nulliparity, hypertension in pregnancy, prolonged rupture of membranes, breech presentation and caesarean section were predictors for low Apgar scores at one minute; nulliparity, male infant and breech presentation at five minutes. Occupations with lower socio-economic status or those requiring physical exertion; tailoring, catering and hairdressing recorded higher rates of low Apgar scores at one minute (p = .08). Physical exertion at work and cooking with kerosene may be predictive of low Apgar scores and require further study.
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- Title
- Social, obstetric and environmental determinants of low Apgar score among infants born in four selected hospitals in Ibadan, Nigeria
- Creators
- Folashade Olufunke Omokhodion - University College Hospital, IbadanOlumuyiwa Adebola Roberts - University College Hospital, IbadanModupe Onayinka Onadeko - University College Hospital, IbadanJeremy Richard Beach - University of AlbertaNicola Cherry - University of AlbertaIgor Burstyn - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Journal of obstetrics and gynaecology, v 38(4), pp 454-460
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- Grant note
- University of Ibadan Johns Hopkins University Gates Institute, Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, USA through the Center for Population and Reproductive Health, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan.; This work received grant support from the Gates Institute, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA through the Center for Population and Reproductive Health, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan. Gates Institute
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Environmental and Occupational Health
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000435694700003
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85041556974
- Other Identifier
- 991019169792404721
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- Obstetrics & Gynecology