Maternal nutrition intervention and maternal complications in 4 districts of Bangladesh: A nested cross-sectional study

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Autoři: Catherine S. Todd ^aff001; Zakaria Chowdhury ^aff002; Zeba Mahmud ^aff002; Nazia Islam ^aff003; Sadia Shabnam ^aff003; Musarrat Parvin ^aff002; Alissa Bernholc ^aff001; Andres Martinez ^aff001; Bachera Aktar ^aff004; Kaosar Afsana ^aff004; Tina Sanghvi ^aff005
Působiště autorů: Global Health, Population, and Nutrition, FHI 360, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America ^aff001; Alive & Thrive Program Office, Dhaka, Bangladesh ^aff002; BRAC, Dhaka, Bangladesh ^aff003; BRAC James P. Grant School of Public Health, BRAC University, Dhaka, Bangladesh ^aff004; Alive & Thrive Headquarters Office, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America ^aff005
Vyšlo v časopise: Maternal nutrition intervention and maternal complications in 4 districts of Bangladesh: A nested cross-sectional study. PLoS Med 16(10): e32767. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1002927
Kategorie: Research Article
doi: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002927

Souhrn

Background

Maternal morbidity is common in Bangladesh, where the maternal mortality rate has plateaued over the last 6 years. Maternal undernutrition and micronutrient deficiencies contribute to morbidity, but few interventions have measured maternal outcomes. We compared reported prevalence of antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum complications among recently delivered women between maternal nutrition intervention and control areas in Bangladesh.

Methods and findings

We conducted a cross-sectional assessment nested within a population-based cluster-randomized trial comparing a nutrition counseling and micronutrient supplement intervention integrated within a structured home-based maternal, newborn, and child health (MNCH) program to the MNCH program alone in 10 sub-districts each across 4 Bangladesh districts. Eligible consenting women, delivering within 42–60 days of enrollment and identified by community-level health workers, completed an interviewer-administered questionnaire detailing the index pregnancy and delivery and allowed review of their home-based care register. We compared pooled and specific reported antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum complications between study groups using hierarchical logistic regression. There were 594 women in the intervention group and 506 in the control group; overall, mean age was 24 years, 31% were primiparas, and 39% reported facility-based delivery, with no significant difference by study group. There were no significant differences between the intervention and control groups in household-level characteristics, including reported mean monthly income (intervention, 6,552 taka, versus control, 6,017 taka; p = 0.48), having electricity (69.6% versus 71.4%, p = 0.84), and television ownership (41.1% versus 38.7%, p = 0.81). Women in the intervention group had higher recorded iron and folic acid and calcium supplement consumption and mean dietary diversity scores, but reported anemia rates were similar between the 2 groups (5.7%, intervention; 6.5%, control; p = 0.83). Reported antepartum (69.4%, intervention; 79.2%, control; p = 0.12) and intrapartum (41.4%, intervention; 48.5%, control; p = 0.18) complication rates were high and not significantly different between groups. Reported postpartum complications were significantly lower among women in the intervention group than the control group (33.5% versus 48.2%, p = 0.02), and this difference persisted in adjusted analysis (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] = 0.51, 95% CI 0.32–0.82; p < 0.001). For specific conditions, odds of retained placenta (AOR = 0.35, 95% CI 0.19–0.67; p = 0.001), postpartum bleeding (AOR = 0.37, 95% CI 0.15–0.92; p = 0.033), and postpartum fever/infection (AOR = 0.27, 95% CI 0.11–0.65; p = 0.001) were significantly lower in the intervention group in adjusted analysis. There were no significant differences in reported hospitalization for antepartum (49.8% versus 45.1%, p = 0.37), intrapartum (69.9% versus 59.8%, p = 0.18), or postpartum (36.1% versus 29.9%, p = 0.49) complications between the intervention and control groups. The main limitations of this study are outcome measures based on participant report, non-probabilistic selection of community-level workers’ catchment areas for sampling, some missing data for variables derived from secondary sources (e.g., dietary diversity score), and possible recall bias for reported dietary intake and supplement use.

Conclusions

Reported overall postpartum and specific intrapartum and postpartum complications were significantly lower for women in intervention areas than control areas, despite similar rates of facility-based delivery and hospitalization for reported complications, in this exploratory analysis. Maternal nutrition interventions providing intensive counseling and micronutrient supplements may reduce some pregnancy complications or impact women’s ability to accurately recognize complications, but more rigorous evaluation is needed for these outcomes.

Klíčová slova:

anémia – Antenatal care – Labor and delivery – Malnutrition – Pregnancy – Pregnancy complications

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