Open AccessWOMEN DURING PREGNANCY
Author(s) -
Tahir Akhtar,
Muhammad Athar Khan,
Saira Afzal
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
the professional medical journal/the professional medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2071-7733
pISSN - 1024-8919
DOI - 10.29309/tpmj/2018.25.03.391
Subject(s) - medicine , pregnancy , descriptive research , cross sectional study , family medicine , obstetrics , environmental health , genetics , pathology , biology , statistics , mathematics
There are certain factors which are present at workplacesbut cannot be seen as the potential hazards for the health of a normal women but when itcomes to pregnant working women and mothers, these factors can have profound effectson health of women during pregnancy. These factors found are transportation, duty hours,medical and maternity leave policies, and stress at workplace, long standing hours. Supportby supervisor and colleagues. Objectives: Objectives of this study are: 1. To find out theworkplace factors affecting the women at their workplace. 2. To determine the effects of thesefactors on pregnancy. 3. To find out the association between these factors and complicationsof pregnancy. Study Design: Descriptive. Cross-sectional Setting: Teachers of private schoolswho were either pregnant or had at least one child during her job. Material and Methods:A pre-tested questionnaire was filled and sample was calculated by using statistical formula.Results and Conclusion: Study clearly showed association between the workplace factorsand the poor health status of women during pregnancy and many complications of pregnancywere seemed to be related with their workplace factors.