title: Effect of socio-cultural factors on spontaneous abortion in Burdur, Turkey: A population based case-control study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the sociocultural factors that have effect on spontaneous abortion in Burdur, Turkey.
  
  
  METHODS
  Study was designed as case-control study. The case group consist of 257 women whose pregnancies ended with spontaneous abortion. The control group consisted of 514 women whose pregnancy continued since 22 weeks and more during the study. Chi-square, and backward LR logistic regression were utilized in analyses.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In multifactorial-analyses it was determined that four factors (educational status of women, employment status of women, exposure to physical violence and non-receipt of ANC) created independent risk on spontaneous abortions.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Pregnant women with these risk factors should be followed up more frequently and in a more qualified way in primary and secondary and tertiary health institutions.
authors.affiliation: Binali Catak, MD. Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health, Kafkas University, School of Medicine, Kars, Turkey.
authors.forename: Binali
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Catak
authors.affiliation: Can Oner, MD. Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine, Dr. Lutfi Kirdar Kartal Education and Training Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Can
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Oner
authors.affiliation: Sevinc Sutlu, MD. Burdur Public Health Directory, Turkey.
authors.forename: Sevinc
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sutlu
authors.affiliation: Selcuk Kilinc, MD. Burdur Public Health Directory, Turkey.
authors.forename: Selcuk
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kilinc
keywords: Abortion; Case Control Studies; Factors; Miscarriage; Socioeconomic; Spontaneous Abortion