Socioeconomic Maternal Risk Factors for Toxemia of Pregnancy: A Cross-Sectional Study in A tertiary Care Hospital of Chhattisgarh
Journal Title: IJSR-International Journal Of Scientific Research - Year 2016, Vol 5, Issue 7
Abstract
Objectives: – To study socioeconomic factors affecting toxemia of pregnancy among the mothers attending CIMS, Hospital Bilaspur (C.G.). Material and Methods: - Institution based descriptive cross sectional study. Total 1376 antenatal cases were studied. Predesigned and pretested questionnaire was used to collect data and Chi-square test was applied. Results: – Prevalence of Preeclampsia and Eclampsia among study population was 6.8%. Socioeconomic factors have significant association with toxaemia of pregnancy are education of mothers, source of water supply, use of sanitary latrine and IFA consumption during the pregnancy. Conclusion: Prevalence of toxemia in pregnancy is high in this region and the socioeconomic factors significantly affect toxemia of pregnancy.
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Dr. Dharmendra Kumar Gahwai, Dr. Y. D. Badgaiyan
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