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Maternal and Prenatal factors associated with miscarriage among women attending Kirkuk City Hospitals, Iraq

Faeza Fakhradeen Basas, Suhailah Mohammed Ali.

Abstract
Objective: To identify predisposing factors that increase risk of miscarriage among women.
Methodology: This cross-sectional study was carried out from 15th November 2022 to 1st May 2023. Data were collected from a purposive sample of 400 women attending the Kirkuk City Hospitals (Azadi Teaching Hospital, Kirkuk General Hospital and Al-Naser Maternity and Obstetric Hospital).
Results: Most of participants were aged between 35-39 years. Nearly one quarter (21.50%) participants had antiphospholipid antibody syndrome as a factor associated with miscarriage. Only a few (11.5%) participants were using cigarettes, 36.3% had vitamin D deficiency, 19.5% had urinary tract infection, and 16.0% had poly cystic ovarian syndrome.
Conclusion: Factors connected to increased risk of miscarriage among women living in Kirkuk were age, antiphospholipid antibody syndrome, vitamin D deficiency and polycystic ovaries.

Key words: Miscarriage, women, factors, Kirkuk, Iraq.


 
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Basas FF, Ali SM. Maternal and Prenatal factors associated with miscarriage among women attending Kirkuk City Hospitals, Iraq. RMJ. 2023; 48(4): 933-935. doi:10.5455/rmj.20230517075422

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Basas FF, Ali SM. Maternal and Prenatal factors associated with miscarriage among women attending Kirkuk City Hospitals, Iraq. https://www.rmj.org.pk/?mno=153603 [Access: December 05, 2023]. doi:10.5455/rmj.20230517075422

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Basas FF, Ali SM. Maternal and Prenatal factors associated with miscarriage among women attending Kirkuk City Hospitals, Iraq. RMJ. 2023; 48(4): 933-935. doi:10.5455/rmj.20230517075422


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Basas FF, Ali SM. Maternal and Prenatal factors associated with miscarriage among women attending Kirkuk City Hospitals, Iraq. RMJ. (2023), [cited December 05, 2023]; 48(4): 933-935. doi:10.5455/rmj.20230517075422


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Basas, F. F. & Ali, . S. M. (2023) Maternal and Prenatal factors associated with miscarriage among women attending Kirkuk City Hospitals, Iraq. RMJ, 48 (4), 933-935. doi:10.5455/rmj.20230517075422


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Basas, Faeza Fakhradeen, and Suhailah Mohammed Ali. 2023. Maternal and Prenatal factors associated with miscarriage among women attending Kirkuk City Hospitals, Iraq. Rawal Medical Journal, 48 (4), 933-935. doi:10.5455/rmj.20230517075422


Chicago Style

Basas, Faeza Fakhradeen, and Suhailah Mohammed Ali. "Maternal and Prenatal factors associated with miscarriage among women attending Kirkuk City Hospitals, Iraq." Rawal Medical Journal 48 (2023), 933-935. doi:10.5455/rmj.20230517075422


MLA (The Modern Language Association) Style

Basas, Faeza Fakhradeen, and Suhailah Mohammed Ali. "Maternal and Prenatal factors associated with miscarriage among women attending Kirkuk City Hospitals, Iraq." Rawal Medical Journal 48.4 (2023), 933-935. Print. doi:10.5455/rmj.20230517075422


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Basas, F. F. & Ali, . S. M. (2023) Maternal and Prenatal factors associated with miscarriage among women attending Kirkuk City Hospitals, Iraq. Rawal Medical Journal, 48 (4), 933-935. doi:10.5455/rmj.20230517075422


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