Prevalence and Determinants of Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy among Women Attending

Abstract

Hypertensive conditions frequently affect pregnant women, which remains a major global cause of maternal and neonatal mortality as well as morbidity. Objectives: To identify the prevalence of hypertension and its determinant factors among pregnant women attending antenatal clinics at Almarj city. Subjects and methods: cross sectional study was conducted on187 pregnant women attending these antenatal clinics at Almarj city. A structured questionnaire was applied for collection of relevant data from pregnant women. Results: prevalence of hypertension disorders among studied women was 19.8%. On the other hand, the   percentage of chronic hypertension, gestational hypertension, preeclampsia among pregnant women were 8.6 %, 5.3 % and 5.9 % respectively. Using monovariate analysis reveals that education, history of chronic disease and family history of hypertension and diabetes are significantly associated with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy. Multivariate analysis revealed that only education was significant predicting factor. Conclusion: Prevalence of education, history of chronic disease and family history of hypertension and diabetes are significantly associated with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy. development of strategies aiming to reduction of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy.

Keywords: Hypertensive disorders, El Marj city, pregnancy, antenatal clinics.