FACTORS ASSOCIATED TO NEWBORN MORTALITY IN THE HOSPITALS OF SANTA BARBARA AND INTIBUCA

Abstract

Neonatal mortality constitutes a world health problem and it is an indicator of maternal and infant care. Objective: Identify factors associated with neonatal mortality on patients catered on Hospitals of Santa Barbara and Intibucá, during march 2017 and february 2018. Patients and Methods: Quantitative decriptive and cross sectional study. Sampling method was non-probabilistic, with a sample of 32 patients. The data collection was by questionnaire validated with Cronbach alpha, reliability of 0.709. The data was processed with SPSS version 22.0.The variables studied were the sociodemographic risk factors of mothers, natal or birth related and those associated with postnatal risks Results: 53% of mothers have an age between 12 and 19 years old; 44% are illiterate, 84% are from rural background and 56% didn’t have prenatal controls. Also, 93% had bacterial vaginosis during pregnancy. The percentage of newborn deaths present in Santa Barbara were 62.5% and 37.5% in Intibucá. Conclusion: the identified disk factors involve in neonatal mortality were: illiterate mothers, teenage pregnancy and being from rural areas. More than the half didn’t have prenatal controls and almost all mothers had bacterial vaginosis. The causes of newborn deaths were: sepsis, prematurity, asphyxia, meconial aspiration syndrome and congenital malformations.