Determinants Associated with Pregnancy Complications in Pregnant Women; (Case Study in Abepura, Jayapura City Health Center 2015)

According to the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2014, about 800 mothers die worldwide each day from complications related to pregnancy or childbirth. Each year approximately 20,000 women in Indonesia die from causes related to pregnancy and labor. The purpose of this study was to determine the incidence of pregnancy complications determinant in Abepura, Jayapura City Health Center in 2015. This study was an observational study design with "cross-sectional study", which is one type of the analytic study design. The sample in this study is the third trimester pregnant women who visited antenatal at health centers Abepura totaling 155 people using accidental sampling technique. All data in this study were collected through interviews using questionnaires. Analysis of the data in this study include univariate, bivariate (chi square) and multivariate (logistic regression). Chi-square test results demonstrated an association iron tablet intake (p = 0.022; RP = 2), maternal age (p = 0.018; RP = 2.6), parity (p = 0.03; RP = 1.9), a history of pregnancy complications (p = 0.0001; RP = 2.9), and a history of birth complications (p = 0.002; RP = 2.6) and the incidence of pregnancy complications. While the history of infectious disease has no relationship with the incidence of pregnancy complications (p = 0.214; RP = 1.4). Multivariate analysis showed that maternal age and previous pregnancy complications are dominant factors on the incidence of pregnancy complications