CONGENITAL HYDROCEPHALUS- AN EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDY OF MATERNAL CHARACTERISTICS IN A TERTIARY CARE CENTRE
Journal Title: Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences - Year 2017, Vol 6, Issue 75
Abstract
BACKGROUND The epidemiology of congenital hydrocephalus is very unclear. Although various risk factors like maternal age, maternal illness and child factors have been studied in the past, still there is a gap of knowledge regarding maternal risk factors associated in congenital hydrocephalus in the literature. The objective of the study is to measure risk factor proportions of mothers among the population of a tertiary care centre. MATERIALS AND METHODS A record-based, retrospective, descriptive study with secondary data analysis was done from the medical case records of women who delivered babies with congenital hydrocephalus from Jan. 2006 to Dec. 2016. Maternal epidemiological characteristics such as maternal age, parity, place of residence, educational status as well as birth characteristics were studied and analysed by using appropriate statistical methods. RESULTS A total of 123 babies were born with congenital hydrocephalus during the study period. Most mothers in the study were second gravida (56.91%), rural based (74.79%), women between 21-30 years (80.48%) of age. Around 60.16% women were educated up to 10th grade and most (41.46%) were homemakers. All but 5 women had vaginal births. Male babies were 52.03%, and 64.78% babies weighed above 2 kg at birth. CONCLUSION Young women from rural areas of low literacy and bearing their second babies are more prone to deliver babies with congenital hydrocephalus.
Authors and Affiliations
Yogender Singh Kadian, Anjali Verma, Pradeep Kajal, Nirmala Duhan
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