Determinants of Anemia, Diabetes and Hypertension among Urinary Tract Infected Pregnant Women Attending in a Selected Hospital, Kathmandu

ABSTRACT

Aims:Urinarytractinfection(UTI)occursinallagegroups,morecommoninwomenduetoshorturethraanditscloseproximitytoanusandvagina.UTIisdefinedas“microscopicfindingof>10puscells/highpowerfield(40x)inurine”.Thepurposeofthestudyistofindtheriskfactorassociatedwithpregnancyandthedifferentnon-communicablediseases(Anemia,Diabetesandhypertension)ofUTI.StudyDesign:Across-sectionalcomparativestudy.PlaceandDurationofStudyThestudywascarriedoutunderthesupervisionofOPJSUniversityandfieldstudywascarriedoutinKathmandu,NepalfromMarch2019toOctober2019.Methodology:Ananalyticalcross-sectionalstudywasdoneamongUTIpregnant510womenaged18yearsto45years.Aconvenientsamplingtechniquewasused.Astructuredquestionnairewasdesignedtocollectthedata.DescriptivestatisticsalongwithunadjustedOddsRatio(95%CI)andaP<0.05wasconsideredsignificantfordataanalysis.Results:Anemia,diabetesandhypertensionamongUTIinfectedpregnantwomenwas62.7,32.9 and30.2respectively.Thereweresignificantassociationsbetweeneducationalstatus,ethnicity,ageandoccupationofUTIinfectedpregnantwomenwithanemia,diabetesandhypertension.Similarly,therewasasignificantassociationbetweengestationalperiod,gestationalageatthebeginningofprenatalcare,thegenderoftheinfant,historyofdeliveryandAnemia,diabetesandhypertension.Conclusions:Basedonthefindingsthestudyconcludedthat,anemia,diabetesandhypertensionremainaprevalentproblemofUTIinfectedpregnantwomen