Burden and determinants of stillbirth in a Nigerian Tertiary health facility: a five-year retrospective cohort analysis
Taofik Oluwaseun Ogunkunle, Tajudeen Lanre Ibrahim, Usman Abiola Sanni, Babajide Oyewale Oyebiyi, Adewemimo Charles Olaosebikan, Surajudeen Oyeleke Bello, Khadijah Asabe Jibril, Salihu Ozegya Muhammed, Tina Lavina, Abdulaziz Imam · 2026
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Taofik Oluwaseun Ogunkunle, leading nine colleagues, published a 2026 retrospective analysis of stillbirth at a Nigerian tertiary hospital. Stillbirth rates signal the quality of pregnancy care, yet local burden and drivers vary. The team extracted records for women who delivered at Dalhatu Araf Specialist Hospital in Lafia between 2016 and 2020, then modeled predictors by regression.
The overall stillbirth rate was high in the reported count, though yearly rates eased downward across the five years. Unbooked pregnancy, meaning no prior antenatal registration, and prematurity carried the largest raised odds, while first pregnancies and multiple gestations also raised risk in the authors' reading. Maternal age and employment showed no significant link, so the authors urge stronger antenatal care for the high-risk groups named.
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| CREATOR | Taofik Oluwaseun Ogunkunle, Tajudeen Lanre Ibrahim, Usman Abiola Sanni, Babajide Oyewale Oyebiyi, Adewemimo Charles Olaosebikan, Surajudeen Oyeleke Bello, Khadijah Asabe Jibril, Salihu Ozegya Muhammed, Tina Lavina, Abdulaziz Imam |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 35748 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |