PREVALENCE AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS OF PREECLAMPSIA AMONG PREGNANT WOMEN ATTENDING ANTENATAL CARE IN DURAME GEVERMENTAL HEALTH INSTITUTIONS, SOUTHERN ETHIOPIA, 2021

dc.contributor.authorADUGNA GUDINA,
dc.contributor.authorBORE MULUGETA,
dc.contributor.authorYENENESH ASAYE,
dc.date.accessioned2024-03-28T12:36:32Z
dc.date.available2024-03-28T12:36:32Z
dc.date.issued2021-05
dc.description.abstractBackground: Pre-eclampsia is a common problem of pregnancy it often leading to major maternal and fetal complications. The Ethiopian National Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care (EMONC) showed that pre-eclampsia contributed for the complication of approximately 1% of all deliveries and 5% of all pregnancies. Moreover, 16% of direct maternal mortality and 10% of all maternal mortality (direct and in direct) was due to pre-eclampsia. Despite this condition has adverse effects on maternal and child health, its prevalence is still significant especially in developing countries including Ethiopia. Objective: The main aim of this study was assess the prevalence and associated factors of pre eclampsia among pregnant women attending antenatal care at Durame Governmental Health Institutions in Kembata Tembaro zone, Southern Ethiopia, 2021. Methods: a cross-sectional study design was employed from June14 to July 11, 2021among pregnant women who followed anti natal care at Durame Governmental Health Institutions in Durame town and Systematic random sampling technique was used to select a total of 394 pregnant women’s. Data was collected using Semi-structured questionnaire via face-to-face interview technique. Data entry and analysis was made by using EPI-data version 4.6 and SPSS version 25respectively. Results: The prevalence of preeclampsia among pregnant women in Durame governmental health institutions was found to be 16.5 % with (95% CI 12.7-20.3). The associated factors of preeclampsia were history of multiple pregnancy: 3.102(1.352-7.094), history of rheumatic disease: 4.957(1.992-12.338), history of chronic hypertension: 6.372(2.391-16.893), family history of Diabetes mellitus: 4.803(2.289-10.076) and family history of preeclampsia: 5.187(1.993-13.495) Conclusion and Recommendations: The finding of this study showed that considerable proportion of women had preeclampsia [(16.5%) (95% CI 12.7-20.3]. The study showed that different factors affect the occurrence of preeclampsia. It is important to give health education in order to make women develop health behavior so they would get chance to detected as early as possiblYen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipWOLKITE UNIVERSTYen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://10.194.1.109:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/668
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherWOLKITE UNIVERSITYen_US
dc.subject:ANC,en_US
dc.subjectAssociated factorsen_US
dc.subjectPreeclampsiaen_US
dc.titlePREVALENCE AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS OF PREECLAMPSIA AMONG PREGNANT WOMEN ATTENDING ANTENATAL CARE IN DURAME GEVERMENTAL HEALTH INSTITUTIONS, SOUTHERN ETHIOPIA, 2021en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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