Associations between nighttime or weekend deliveries and adverse maternal, birth, and neonatal outcomes: secondary analysis of the MANGO study in western Kenya
Nighttime/weekend deliveries were associated with better maternal and birth outcomes, perhaps due to decreased emergency Caesarean deliveries for high-risk pregnancies or other factors. Greater attention to individual-level factors, such as obstetric complications, may be considered to improve outcomes for pregnant persons and their neonates. Future research may focus on under-resourced, non-tertiary hospitals to offer a more generalizable view of this exposure-outcome relationship in LMICs.
Authors
- Rena C. Patel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9893-5856)
- Garoma Wakjira Basha (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0221-8073)
- Beverly Musick (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0334-6798)
- Wycliffe Kosgei (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6010-4870)
- John Humphrey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3156-1065)
- Caitlin Bernard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6753-1098)
- Megan S. McHenry (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6753-0928)
- Harold Kooreman
- Constantin T. Yiannoutsos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9014-3651)
- Caroline Kerich
- Edwin Were (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4783-0795)
- Winnie Matelong
- Julia Songok (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6431-0505)
- James G. Carlucci (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3969-8544)
- Audrey Chepkemoi
- J. Shafi
- Kara Wools-Kaloustian
- Maneet K. Virk
- Pooja Maheria
Institutions
- Indiana University Health (US)
- Moi University (KE)
- University of Washington (US)
- University of Washington Medical Center (US)
- University of Alabama at Birmingham (US)
- AMPATH (KE)
- Richard M. Fairbanks Foundation (US)
- Indiana University Indianapolis (US)
- Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
- Published
- 2025-04-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-025-07581-5
- Primary Topic
- Hospital Admissions and Outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Institutes of Health
- Fogarty International Center
- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
- U.S. National Library of Medicine
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development