Socio-demographic Background of Pregnant Women with Newborns' Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes: Case – Control Study | ||
| IRAQI JOURNALOF COMMUNITY MEDICINE | ||
| Article 1, Volume 25, Issue 1, March 2012, Pages 9-14 | ||
| Author | ||
| Rasha A. Azooz | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Abstract: Background: Adverse pregnancy outcomes regarding newborns, such as preterm birth, post-term birth, low birth weight, macrosomia, still birth and congenital anomalies are found to be associated with several socio-demographic factors such as certain level of education, household crowding and some social class. In this study, all adverse pregnancy outcomes regarding infants were analyzed with the most scientific social etiology of diseases and others. Objectives: To examine the association of different socio-demographic factors among women with abnormal perinatal outcomes & to compare the results with that of women delivering healthy newborns as a control group. Patients & Methods: A Retrospective Case-control study, where 100 pregnant women with newborns having adverse pregnancy outcomes were selected as cases. Another 100 women without adverse outcome among newborns were selected as control group. Data collection tools include assessment of socio-demographic features in relation to personal characteristics, life events and social context. In addition, age, parity and education. Social class identification according to occupational social classification then was obtained. Results: Regarding socio-demographic factors, low educational level of mothers appeared to be significantly associated with the development of adverse pregnancy outcomes (P=0.05). Concerning social context, household overcrowding was significantly associated with the occurrence of such outcomes (P=0.007). About social class, class III appeared to have a protective effect (P=0.02) whereas class V have a significant risk with the development of these adverse outcomes (P=0.01). Conclusion: Women with low educational level, household overcrowding and Social class V have significant association with the development of adverse pregnancy outcome of newborns. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| socio; demographic; adverse pregnancy outcomes | ||
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