A retrospective study of socio-demographic factors of pregnancy induced hypertension in a tertiary care hospital

Abstract

Background: Pregnancy constitutes of group of disorders which usually develops due to gravid state after 20 weeks of pregnancy and it includes gestational hypertension with blood pressure > 140/90 mmHg without proteinuria, preeclampsia which is gestational hypertension with proteinuria and eclampsia which is preeclampsia with convulsions. Materials And Methods: The present study was carried out as retrospective observational study performed in the Department of obstetrics and gynaecology of a private hospital. All pregnant women with PIH admitted in obstetrics ward with gestational age greater than 28 weeks were included in the study while patients developing PIH before 28 Weeks, with history of chronic hypertension. Results: 1000 pregnant women attended the obstetrics and gynaecology department, out of which 100 pregnant women were diagnosed with hypertension. The incidence of PIH was found to be 10%. During the observation of sociodemographic data we found that majority of the subjects belongs to the group of rural dweller. Out of 100 study subjects 70 were from rural area (70%) and 30 from urban area (30%) Conclusion: pregnancy induced hypertension was more prevalent in the young age group and the majority of patients had educational status less than graduation that can be attributed to the age itself or due to inadequate antenatal care and lack of awareness regarding antenatal care due to less education. Proper antenatal monitoring can help to prevent adverse outcomes of pregnancy induced hypertension