Abstract
Maternal near miss refers to a very ill pregnant or delivered woman who nearly died but survived a complication during pregnancy, childbirth, or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy. It is an important public health problem in developing country including Ethiopia.
Highlights
ObjectiveTo assess the prevalence and associated factors with maternal near-miss among pregnant women at Hawassa university’s comprehensive specialized hospital, 2020
Maternal near miss refers to a very ill pregnant or delivered woman who nearly died but survived a complication during pregnancy, childbirth, or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy
Result: The finding of this study revealed that the prevalence of maternal near-miss was 16.1% with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) (12.3, 20.3)
Summary
To assess the prevalence and associated factors with maternal near-miss among pregnant women at Hawassa university’s comprehensive specialized hospital, 2020. Method: Health facility-based cross-sectional study was done from May to June 2020. Structured questionnaires were used to collect the data from 316 study participants. The data were entered with Epi data version 4.4 and exported to Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 25.0 for analysis. Statistical significance was declared at P-values < 0.05 with a 95% CI
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