A Study On Maternal Factors And Pregnancy Outcome In Medical College Hospital Of Jhansi City

<p class="Bodytext201">Research Question : What are the maternal factors which affect the pregnancy outcome.</p><p class="Bodytext201">Objectives : To study the effects of maternal factors on the outcome of pregnancy in terms of pregnancy wastage as abortions or stillbirths and to assess the magnitude of low birth babies.</p><p class="Bodytext201">Study Design: Cross-sectional study</p><p class="Bodytext201">Study Area: maternity wards of department of obstetrics &amp; Gynecology of M.L.B. Medical college.Jhansi (U.P.) Participants : 1350 pregnant women, who were admitted in the maternity wards &amp; their new born babies Study variables : Age, parity, education, per capita income, inter pregnancy interval Statistical analysis:Chi-square test</p><p class="Bodytext201">Results : Live born babies were 81.48% while pregnancy wastage was 18.52% Among the live born babies 44.36% had normal weight at birth &amp; 55.64% were low birth weight. Out of total pregnancy wastage, 58.80% were terminated as abortions and 41.20% as still births.