Maternal Risk Factors & Pregnancy Wastage in a Rural Population of Jammu District.
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2013-04
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To study the association of maternal risk factors with pregnancy wastage, a prospective study was conducted
for a period of one year among 305 pregnant rural women registered with fifty Anganwadi centres in field
practice area of Department of Community Medicine, GMC Jammu. All the potential participants were
interviewed in person using semi-structured, pre-tested proformae and evaluated clinically. All pregnant
women were then followed to study the outcome in terms of abortion, live birth or still birth. Various
maternal risk factors like anaemia, Hypertension, Ante partum Haemorrhage, Albuminuria, Glucosuria
were studied and their association with pregnancy wastage was analysed using chi-square test. Out of 305
pregnancies followed, 43(14.1%) ended in pregnancy loss i.e. 34 abortions and 9 still births. Pregnancy
wastage was statistically significantly associated with anaemia, H.T., APH and Glucosuria. Anaemia was
found to independently affect adverse pregnancy outcome on multivariate analysis. Pregnancy wastage in
our set up is mainly due to preventable and treatable risk factors which should be taken care of to prevent
the wastage.
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Pregnancy wastage, Maternal Risk Factors, Prospective
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Kumari Rashmi, Mengi Vijay, Kumar Dinesh. Maternal Risk Factors & Pregnancy Wastage in a Rural Population of Jammu District. JK Science Journal of Medical Education and Research. 2013 Apr-June; 15(2): 82-85.