The Prevalence and Risk Factors Influencing the Occurrence of Intra Uterine Fet al Death and Nursing Implication | ||
| Zagazig Nursing Journal | ||
| Article 1, Volume 13, Issue 1 - Serial Number 2017, 2017, Pages 1-16 PDF (411.53 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/znj.2017.38232 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Faten Ibrahim Elsebeiy; Nabila Salim Mohammed | ||
| Faculty of nursing, zagazig university | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: The death of a formed fetus is one of the most emotionally devastating events for parents and clinicians. It is defined as death at a gestational age of 20 completed weeks or greater, or if fet al weight is 300 gm. or more. Aims of study: were to determine the prevalence, find out risk factors of intrauterine fet al death and design a brochure to counsel IUFD mothers about definition, risk factors, and prevention of it. Subjects and Methods: Research Design: descriptive cross sectional study was used. Setting: The study was conducted at labor and childhood hospital. Subjects: included the total number of IUFD cases (65) who were admitted to the study setting within a period of one year from January to December, 2015.Tools of data collection: the first tool was the total number of births at the study setting within the study year to calculate the prevalence of IUFD. The second tool included risk factors sheet which included four parts maternal, fet al, placental and cord risk factors. Results: the prevalence rate of IUFD were 9.3/1000 total births. There was a significant relation between rural residence far from medical and nursing health services and inability to hospital admission. The consanguinity risk factor was present in more than half of the studied women. Pregnancy induced hypertension complicated nearly one third of IUFD pregnancies. Conclusion: The risk factors of IUFD were mainly maternal. Rural residence far from medical services, low social level and increased number of pregnancies significantly interfered with attendance of antenatal visits, hospital admission for worsened obstetric complications and taking prescribed medications. Recommendations: Great interest should be given to rural areas that are far from medical services and those who live in low social class through increasing the number of rural hospitals that provide high quality of care with low cost in these areas. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| prevalence; risk factors; intrauterine fetal death; Nursing intervention | ||
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