Associations between nighttime or weekend deliveries and adverse maternal, birth, and neonatal outcomes: secondary analysis of the MANGO study in western Kenya

Abstract

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.