O'Brien J, Wierzba T, Knott S, Pikacha J
Ministry of Health, Solomon Islands.
N Z Med J. 1994 Jul 13;107(981):268-9.
To estimate the maternal mortality rate in the Solomon Islands, and to assist health planning and implementation of effective interventions.
The sisterhood method, an indirect technique for deriving population-based estimates of maternal mortality was used in interviews with 2580 randomly chosen women reporting on the fertility and mortality experience of their sisters.
The maternal mortality ratio in this study was 549 per 100,000 (95% CI 431, 684). This equates to one maternal death in every 180 pregnancies.
The sisterhood method was found to be easy to administer, inexpensive and quick, and is recommended as a measurement tool to other developing countries.
估算所罗门群岛的孕产妇死亡率，并协助卫生规划及有效干预措施的实施。
采用姐妹法，这是一种用于得出基于人群的孕产妇死亡率估计值的间接技术，对随机选取的2580名妇女进行访谈，她们汇报了其姐妹的生育和死亡经历。
本研究中的孕产妇死亡率为每10万例中有549例（95%可信区间431, 684）。这相当于每180次怀孕中有1例孕产妇死亡。
发现姐妹法易于实施、成本低廉且速度快，推荐作为一种测量工具供其他发展中国家使用。
