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Re: Estimating preterm birth [message #19197 is a reply to message #19161]

Fri, 08 May 2020 13:34

lmallick
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Registered: June 2019

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Dear user,

We do not have precise information on preterm births (see post: https://userforum.dhsprogram.com/index.php?t=msg&goto=11 535&S=Google). We ask about the number of months a woman was pregnant in calendar months (not 28 days). However, it is difficult to assess gestational age is limited in low-resource settings (see this article, for example: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5997365/#S1). That said, I would use less than 9 months as an approximation.

You could also use low birthweight as a proxy, as low birthweight and preterm birth are associated, although in places where birthweight is not often assessed or recorded on cards that mothers have possession of to present during the interview, perceived size at birth is also subject to error ( https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/bmjopen/9/12/e031986.full.pd f).

Thanks,
Lindsay Mallick
Lead Research Analyst

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		Estimating preterm birth By: Ghose on Sat, 01 February 2020 11:05
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		Re: Estimating preterm birth By: lillo?S on Tue, 28 April 2020 09:16
		Re: Estimating preterm birth By: Bridgette-DHS on Fri, 01 May 2020 10:11
		Re: Estimating preterm birth By: lillo?S on Fri, 01 May 2020 10:24
		Re: Estimating preterm birth By: lmallick on Fri, 08 May 2020 13:34
		Re: Estimating preterm birth By: Bridgette-DHS on Fri, 08 May 2020 14:29
		Re: Estimating preterm birth By: mianrashid on Thu, 30 April 2020 01:13

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