Open AccessSOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE IN PREECLAMPSIA
Author(s) -
Amrita Kumari,
Asha Verma,
Bajiya Monika,
Anil Gurjar,
Mathur Poonam
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of medical and biomedical studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2589-8698
pISSN - 2589-868X
DOI - 10.32553/ijmbs.v4i12.1600
Subject(s) - medicine , eclampsia , preeclampsia , residence , obstetrics , pregnancy , advanced maternal age , obstetrics and gynaecology , rural area , pediatrics , gynecology , demography , fetus , genetics , sociology , biology , pathology
Background: Pre-eclampsia is a complex multisystem condition. It affects 3-5% of all prenancies.It is defined as new onset hypertension after twenty weeks of pregnancy plus involvement of at least one organ system-renal, hepatic, neurological, hematological, pulmonary or cardiac system or as utero-placental dysfunction
Methods: This was a hospital based comparative analytical cross sectional study carried out over 2 years period from may 2019 in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, SMS Medical College and attached hospitals, Jaipur.
Results: The mean age of cases (27.36 ± 3.66 years) was higher than the controls (23.43 ± 3.23 years). There was not much difference in the distribution of subjects according to residence. In the study group 26 (57.78%) women belonged to urban areas and 19 (42.22%) belonged to rural areas whereas in the control group, 26 (62.22%) women belonged to rural areas and 17 (37.78%) belonged to urban areas. There were more primigravida in pre eclamptic group compared to the control group.
Conclusion: Identification of risk factor in the antenatal period helps in early detection of women who are at high risk of developing pre-eclampsia in order to reduce maternal morbidity and mortality.
Keywords: Preclampsia, Age, Gravida