Analysis of comorbidities among pregnant woman attending rural Medical College Hospital

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dc.contributor.authorJalemu, Raja Sekharen_US
dc.contributor.authorSabbe, Kasthuribaien_US
dc.contributor.authorJalemu, Grishmaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-10-16T07:58:13Z
dc.date.available2020-10-16T07:58:13Z
dc.date.issued2019-08
dc.description.abstractBackground: In pregnancy Anaemia and Depression is an important factor associated with an increased risk of maternal, fetal and neonatal mortality, poor pregnancy outcomes, and impaired cognitive development. To assess prevalence and factors associated with anemia and Depression among pregnant women attending antenatal clinic.Methods: A Facility based cross-sectional study was conducted on 284 pregnant women to at Rural Medical college hospital from June to August 2018. Data on sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of the study participants were collected using a Pretested structured questionnaire by interview and review of medical records. Binary Logistic regression analysis had been used to check for association between dependent and independent variables in all cases. P-value less than 0.05 was considered statistically significant.Results: The prevalence of anemia was found to be11.6% (95 %CI; 7.8%-14.8%) and Depression was 8.6% Pregnant women in the second and third trimester [AOR (95% CI), 8.31 (1.24-55.45), and P=0.029] were more likely to be anemic when compared to pregnant women in their first trimester. Pregnant women who did not receive iron/folic acid supplementation [AOR (95%CI),4.03(1.49 10.92), and P=0.01] were more likely to be anemic when compared to pregnant to women who did take supplementations.Conclusions: In this study the prevalence of anemia and Depression in pregnancy was low compared to the findings of others. Gestational age (trimester) and iron/folic acid supplementation were statistically associated with anemia.en_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Krishna Hospital Visakhapatnam, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.citationJalemu Raja Sekhar, Sabbe Kasthuribai, Jalemu Grishma. Analysis of comorbidities among pregnant woman attending rural Medical College Hospital. International Journal of Reproduction, Contraception, Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2019 Aug; 8(8): 3264-3267en_US
dc.identifier.issn2320-1770
dc.identifier.issn2320-1789
dc.identifier.placeIndiaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/206953
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherMedip Academyen_US
dc.relation.issuenumber8en_US
dc.relation.volume8en_US
dc.source.urihttps://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2320-1770.ijrcog20193547en_US
dc.subjectAnemiaen_US
dc.subjectAntenatalen_US
dc.subjectDepressionen_US
dc.subjectIron folic acid supplementationen_US
dc.subjectPregnancyen_US
dc.subjectPrevalenceen_US
dc.titleAnalysis of comorbidities among pregnant woman attending rural Medical College Hospitalen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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