Maternal Perspectives on Stillbirth Autopsy in Ghana, 2020-2021

A qualitative study conducted between January 2020 and June 2021 explores the attitudes of bereaved mothers towards autopsy after stillbirth at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Ghana. Fifteen mothers were interviewed in English, and the data consists of interview transcripts analyzed using thematic analysis. The dataset was authored by Alim Swarray-Deen and is shared under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Analyzing emotional and cultural barriers to postmortem uptake based on interview themes.
• Identifying communication gaps between healthcare providers and bereaved families described in the results.
• Studying the influence of financial constraints on medical decision-making after stillbirth.

Strengths

• The dataset is based on 15 in-depth interviews, providing detailed qualitative insights.
• The study has a defined temporal and geographic scope: Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Ghana, from January 2020 to June 2021.
• Data collection continued until saturation was achieved, suggesting thematic completeness.

Limitations

• The dataset is very small at 17.7 KB, indicating limited scope and sample size.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The data may reflect geographic and cultural bias specific to a single hospital in Ghana.

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

Convenience sampling and in-depth interviews, transcribed verbatim and analyzed thematically.

Time Range

January 2020 to June 2021

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-15 05:41:10; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Ghana