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Stillbirth is associated with perceived alterations in fetal activity – findings from an international case control study

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, November 2017
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Title
Stillbirth is associated with perceived alterations in fetal activity – findings from an international case control study
Published in
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, November 2017
DOI 10.1186/s12884-017-1555-6
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Alexander E. P. Heazell, Jane Warland, Tomasina Stacey, Christin Coomarasamy, Jayne Budd, Edwin A. Mitchell, Louise M. O’Brien

Abstract

Stillbirth after 28 weeks gestation affects between 1.3-8.8 per 1000 births in high-income countries. The majority of stillbirths in this setting occur in women without established risk factors. Identification of risk factors which could be identified and managed in pregnancy is a priority in stillbirth prevention research. This study aimed to evaluate women's experiences of fetal movements and how these relate to stillbirth. An international internet-based case-control study of women who had a stillbirth ≥28 weeks' gestation within 30 days prior to completing the survey (n = 153) and women with an ongoing pregnancy or a live born child (n = 480). The online questionnaire was developed with parent stakeholder organizations using a mixture of categorical and open-ended responses and Likert scales. Univariate and multiple logistic regression was used to determine crude (unadjusted) and adjusted odds ratios (aOR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI). Summative content analysis was used to analyse free text responses. Women whose pregnancy ended in stillbirth were less likely to check fetal movements (aOR 0.54, 95% CI 0.35-0.83) and were less likely to be told to do so by a health professional (aOR 0.55, 95% CI 0.36-0.86). Pregnancies ending in stillbirth were more frequently associated with significant abnormalities in fetal movements in the preceding two weeks; this included a significant reduction in fetal activity (aOR 14.1, 95% CI 7.27-27.45) or sudden single episode of excessive fetal activity (aOR 4.30, 95% CI 2.25-8.24). Cases described their perception of changes in fetal activity differently to healthy controls e.g. vigorous activity was described as "frantic", "wild" or "crazy" compared to "powerful" or "strong". Alterations in fetal activity are associated with increased risk of stillbirth. Pregnant women should be educated about awareness of fetal activity and reporting abnormal activity to health professionals.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 117 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 18 15%
Student > Bachelor 17 15%
Student > Ph. D. Student 11 9%
Researcher 10 9%
Lecturer 5 4%
Other 19 16%
Unknown 37 32%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Nursing and Health Professions 26 22%
Medicine and Dentistry 26 22%
Psychology 8 7%
Engineering 6 5%
Social Sciences 2 2%
Other 10 9%
Unknown 39 33%
Attention Score in Context

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 67. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 18 March 2022.
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#641,375
of 25,400,630 outputs
Outputs from BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
#100
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#13,223
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Outputs of similar age from BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
#7
of 88 outputs
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