Predictors for antenatal services and pregnancy outcome in a rural area: A prospective study in Wardha district, India.
Indian J Med Sci
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2009 Oct; 63(10) 436-444
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ABSTRACT
Background:
Antenatal care is essential to reduce morbidity and mortality among newborn babies and pregnant women.Aims:
To study the pattern of utilization of antenatal services and to find out the potential predictors, their distributions and their association with antenatal care utilization and pregnancy outcomes. Settings andDesign:
A prospective longitudinal study was conducted in Deoli, a rural teaching area of a medical college of Wardha district, Maharashtra state. Materials andMethods:
Medical social workers contacted all the registered 305 pregnant women in 1 month. A total of 274 women were included in the study. The response rate was 89.83%. Statistical Analysis Used Percentages, rate ratio.Results:
Mean age at marriage was 19.8±3.6 years, and the average age at first pregnancy was 21.6± 4.5 years. Of the 274 pregnant women, 156 (56.9%) were pregnant for the first time (gravida 1), and the remaining 118 (43.1%) pregnant women, gravida 2 and above, had an average of 2.1 living sons and 1.9 living daughters. Only 92 (33.6%) women had undergone the minimum recommended antenatal checkup during their current pregnancy, and 188 (68.6%) women had institutional deliveries. A large proportion of women in Deoli do not receive proper health care during pregnancy and childbirth.Conclusion:
In Deoli, antenatal services, in spite of being essential to the care of pregnant women, are being poorly delivered.
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Asunto principal:
Complicaciones del Embarazo
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Atención Prenatal
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Servicio Social
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Femenino
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Humanos
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Recién Nacido
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Embarazo
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Resultado del Embarazo
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Intervalos de Confianza
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Modelos Logísticos
Tipo de estudio:
Estudio de etiología
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Estudio observacional
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Estudio pronóstico
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Investigación cualitativa
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Factores de riesgo
País/Región como asunto:
Asia
Idioma:
Inglés
Revista:
Indian J Med Sci
Año:
2009
Tipo del documento:
Artículo
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