Factors Influencing Miscarriage Among Pregnant Women in Banadir Hosptial at Wadajir District

Abstract

The World Health Organization (WHO) defines miscarriage as the expulsion or extraction from the maternal body of an embryo or a fetus with weight 500g which corresponds to a gestational age of about 20–22 weeks, (Caserta et.al, 2014). Aim of this study is to investigate thefactors influencing miscarriage among pregnant women at Banadir hospital at wadajir district in Mogadishu Somalia. The specific objectives of the study were to identify factors that cause miscarriage among pregnant women attending Banadir hospital at wadajir district, to investigate complication related miscarriage and to assess knowledge and experience on mother with miscarriage who visited Banadir hospital at wadajir district.The methods used in this study were cross sectional descriptive, the study population is pregnant women that were sufferingmiscarriage visiting Banadir hospital at wadajir district. A sample of 45 respondents were selected purposively, data collected during 1st- 20th May, 2017 using questionnaire, The data analyzed with the aid of SPSS and EXCELL. The results reveal that 22% of the respondents were house wives and 38% were business women. Most of the respondent’s gestational were nearly 12 weeks accounting 42%. The factors contributed miscarriage among pregnant women were 56% of the pregnant women did not take folic acid while 76% of the respondents lifted heavy objects during pregnancy. When pregnant women were asked their knowledge on miscarriage, 70% said no while 53% believed that miscarriage is not preventable. The main complication of miscarriage among pregnant women was infection accounting 62.5%. The study recommends encouraging the community leaders and influencers to advice the pregnant mother to attend MCH during pregnancy and To increase awareness of the pregnant mothers on the benefits of folic acid other micronutrients during pregnancy which can prevent the incidence of miscarriage