Department of Public Health, Hossana College of Health Sciences, Ethiopia.

Population and Family Health Department, Faculty of Public Health, Institute of Health, Jimma University, Ethiopia.

Population and Family Health Department, Faculty of Public Health, Institute of Health, Jimma University, Ethiopia.

Department of Public Health, Mizan-Aman College of Health Sciences, Aman, Ethiopia.

One of the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations is to bring the global maternal mortality ratio down to less than 70 per 100,000 live births by 2030. Therefore, pinpointing the factors that influence maternal near-misses would help expedite the accomplishment of this goal. Studies on these topics are, nevertheless, scarce in the Hadiya zone and throughout Ethiopia as a whole. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to determine the factors that contribute to maternal near-misses among women who are admitted to public hospital maternity wards in the Hadiya zone in central Ethiopia. A facility-based, unmatched case-control study was conducted from February 17 to August 16, 2019. The study covered all secondary and tertiary public healthcare facilities in the Hadiya zone, which includes three district hospitals and one referral hospital offering comprehensive emergency obstetric care services. The study included 279 women in total (70 cases and 209 controls). Mothers who had had a near-miss were the cases, and mothers who had not had one were the controls. The Statistical Package for Social Sciences version 24 was used to analyze the data, and the multivariable binary logistic regression model was used to control confounders. The odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) were used to determine statistical significance at a p-value of less than 0.05. Living in a rural area [adjusted OR (AOR)=3.16; 95% CI: 1.62, 6.16], no birth preparedness (AOR=3.50; 95% CI: 1.66, 7.41), ever gave birth by cesarean section (AOR=3.68; 95% CI: 1.63, 8.31), previous history of hypertension (AOR=3.69; 95% CI:1.52, 8.96), and poor knowledge of pregnancy danger signs (AOR=3.15; 95% CI: 1.32, 7.52) were all determinants of maternal near-miss. Thus, strengthened public health and clinical interventions in these arenas need to prioritize rural women and women with a previous history of hypertension.

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