The concern, in the Nigerian maternal morbidity example, is that communities in the second wave hear about the intervention and implement some of it.
The new record included the introduction of a symptom checklist to prompt early identification and management of common maternal morbidity (for example, breastfeeding issues, backache, urinary problems, perineal pain) and signs and symptoms of potentially severe morbidity (for example, upper genital tract infection and raised blood pressure).
In addition, the forecast of value added and employment figures are based on assumptions regarding the variation of oral morbidity, for example the DMS IV Oral Health Study.
Caesarean section carries a risk of short-term post-operative morbidity, for example, fever, pain and postpartum haemorrhage.
Occasionally some interventions may act in different directions for different components: there may be an increase in deaths but a decrease in morbidity, for example.
Reintubation may result in increased morbidity (for example, nosocomial infection, prolonged length of ICU stay, additional costs) and mortality [ 1- 4, 6, 7].
These figures are consistent with British community surveys of psychological morbidity, for example 14.9% of women in Camberwell, which is the location of the teaching hospital involved in the standardisation of the WHQ [ 8].
Participants will be sent a follow-up questionnaire about 2-3 yeafterfterecruitmentnto to ascertain changes in use of HRT and incident morbidity, for example breast cancers, diagnosed outside the screening programme.
Decreasing the duration of mechanical ventilation might lead to medical and economic benefits: a shorter mechanical ventilation duration decreases the risk of ventilator-associated morbidity, for example, complications caused by loss of airway defense mechanisms such as nosocomial pneumonia [ 3- 5].
A low Apgar score less than seven points at five minutes is known to have implications for neonatal mortality [ 2] and morbidity, for example, respiratory distress and neurological problems [ 3, 4].
