profile of high-risk pregnancy in El-Mansoura City

Proper screening techniques should be used for all pregnant women attending antenatal clinics to pick up the factors that qualify the pregnant women for a risky pregnancy. High-risk pregnancy identification is a challenging work. This study aimed to describe the profile of high-risk pregnancy in El-Mansoura city. The study was conducted on 750 pregnant women attending antenatal clinics in three hospitals in El-Mansoura city, where 250 women were chosen from each setting. A modified version of Morrison and Olsen [1979] high risk scoring inventory tool was used to collect the socioeconomic, biological, medical, reproductive and current pregnancy risk factors in the study sample. It also assessed the risk level whether low, moderate or high. The results revealed that among all women, 63.8% of the sample were at a high-risk, while 25.0% of them were at a moderate-risk and only 11.2% were at low-risk. About 70.0% of the high-risk pregnant women were in their third trimester followed by 23.0% in the second trimester and only 7.1% were in the first trimester. About 5.9% of the women were at a high-risk because of polluted housing condition, 1.9% because of heart diseases Class I or II, 5.2% because of diabetes mellitus, 4.2% because of hypertension and 14.9% because of previous cesarean section. On the other hand 14.8% women were at moderate risk because of their illiteracy, 29.2% of them for being short, 14.7%, 10.6% of them because of being teenagers or over 35 years of age, respectively, 12.6% of because they had a history of gestational diabetes and 32.8%of them because of anemia, 23.2% because urinary tract infection, 16.9% because of albuminuria, and 12.0% because of glucoseuria,. Finally identifying the profile of high-risk pregnancy women is mandatory

Factors affecting dietary practices among adolescent pregnant women in Alexandria

Pregnancy in adolescence increases nutritional risk due to higher demand of nutrients for maternal and fetal growth. This exploratory descriptive study was aimed to identify factors affecting dietary practices among adolescent pregnant women in Alexandria. A convenient sample of 300 adolescent pregnant women was chosen from four antenatal clinics [Maternity hospitals and M.C.H centers] affiliated to different heath organizations. Two tools were used for data collection: scheduled interviews and a diet scale to assess the dietary practice of adolescent pregnant women. The results revealed that adolescents had a high prevalence of risk factors for dietary practices nearly half of them 48.34% had low income, 48% were illiterate, 62.6% were housewives, 58.7% their weight were below 50 Kg, 61.7% had poor knowledge about nutrition during pregnancy and their dietary intake did not meet all the nutritional requirements of pregnancy. Finally identifying dietary practices among adolescent pregnant women is mandatory