%0 Journal Article
%T Factors Associated with Postpartum Haemorrhage amongst Primigravidae Women; the Case of Two Hospitals within the Bamenda Health District
%A William Ako Takang
%A Fouelifack Ymele Florent
%A Egbe Thomas Obichemti
%A Obande Valery Fukara
%J Open Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
%P 793-813
%@ 2160-8806
%D 2022
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ojog.2022.128068
%X <strong>Background:</strong><span><span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> Approximately 830 women die from pregnancy-related condi</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">tions daily with 99% of these maternal deaths
occurring in low resource</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> countries. Primary postpartum haemorrhage
(PPH) accounts for 25.7% of matern</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">al deaths
in Africa. In Cameroon, postpartum hemorrhage remains the</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> leadi</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">ng cause of maternal death, with little
information on the primigravi</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">dae population compared to multigravida or
multiparity. </span><b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Objective:</span></b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> The aim of this stu</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">dy was to assess the factors associated with postpartum haemorrha</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">ge
amongst </span><span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">primigravidae women giving birth in
two hospitals within the Bamenda Health District. </span><b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Methods:</span></b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> This study
was a multicentric, non-randomized</span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> cross-sectional descriptive and
analytic study. Of the 221 women interviewed regarding their willingness to
participate in the study, 197 consented. Quantification of blood loss was done
by visual estimate and with the assistance of the path</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">finder international wall chart for visual estimation of blood loss.
Data was collected using a structured questionnaire and analyzed using SPSS
version 23. A P-value of &lt;0.05 used to determine association between
variables was con</span><span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">sidered statistically
significant. </span><b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Results:</span></b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> The prevalence of postpartum he</span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">morrhage in primigravidae was 7.1%. The risk
factors of postpartum hemorrhage were: induction of labour (P-value &lt; 0.01),
duration of labour</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> (P</span></span></span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">-</span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:;\"
%K Postpartum Hemorrhage
%K Primigravidae
%K VEBL
%K Maternal
%K Death
%K BHD
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=119350