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RMJ. 2023; 48(4): 933-935

doi: 10.5455/rmj.20230517075422


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: June 27, 2026].

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 June 27, 2026]; 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

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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

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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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