Sentence examples for misclassification of stillbirths from inspiring English sources

In addition to this, errors may have arisen in ascertainment and misclassification of stillbirths and early neonatal deaths.

There may have been misclassification of stillbirths and neonatal mortality but we have included perinatal mortality to help assess the difference in trends.

Further, there may be misclassification of stillbirths and miscarriages and it has been indicated previously that linkage for stillbirths is problematic [ 30].

Infants born close to the border of viability (misclassification of stillbirths and live births, and births and miscarriages) have been previously identified as a problematic domain for perinatal record linkage [ 30].

The balance of treatments by area and therefore by service providers reduced the likelihood of any systematic differences in misclassification of stillbirths and early neonatal deaths by treatment group.

Secondly, misclassification of stillbirth and early neonatal death, the demarcation between intrapartum stillbirth and early neonatal death is problematic, this leads to potential overestimation of early neonatal death as some stillbirths are regarded as early neonatal.

Further in spite of imparting training to ANMs, some extent of the inherent misclassification of abortion, stillbirth and early neonatal death may have remained in the study.

Another possible source of bias is the misclassification of abortions and stillbirths due to uncertainty of gestation age by most mothers in rural communities.

To estimate the possible effect of misclassification of failed resuscitations as stillbirths, we compared stillbirth rates between the two groups and calculated overall mortality rates including and excluding stillbirths (defined as babies born after six months of gestation without any movement, spontaneous breathing, or heartbeat during or after the delivery).

Our study is limited by its relatively small sample size, resulting in a low power to detect risk factors associated with small increases in perinatal death risk, by our inability to distinguish antepartum from intra-partum stillbirths and by the likely misclassification of some ENDs as stillbirths.

59 Misclassification bias notwithstanding, the burden of stillbirths remains high and is likely to reflect inadequacies in skilled attendance at birth and the availability of emergency obstetric care and caesarean sections.