Prevalence of hypertension, anemia, asymptomatic urinary tract infection, syphilis, hiv and hepatitis b virus infection among pregnant women attending an antenatal clinic at a rural hospital in southern ethiopia.
The objective of this study was to determine
the seroprevalences of syphilis, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
and hepatitis B virus (HVB) and asymptomatic urinary tract infections and the
prevalence of hypertension and anemia among pregnant women attending the
antenatal clinic at Gambo Rural Hospital in southern Ethiopia. The following tests
were conducted among study subjects: hemoglobin (Hgb) level, rapid plasma reagin
(RPR) for syphilis, anti-HIV antibodies, hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg)
and urine analysis. A total of 574 pregnant women were included in this study.
The mean age of the participants was 25.7 (SD: 4.8) years old; 88.2% were living
in urban areas and 11.8% in rural areas. Sixty-seven point two percent of participants
began their attended care during the second trimester of their pregnancy.
Overall, anemia (Hgb < 11 mg/dl) was present in 8.9% (95% CI: 6.9-11.6): severe
anemia (Hgb < 7 mg/dl), moderate anemia (Hgb 7-8.9 mg/dl) and mild anemia
(Hgb 9-10.9 mg/dl) were found in 0.5% (95% CI: 0.2-1.5), 0.2% (95% CI: 0.03-0.9)
and 8.2% (95% CI: 6.2-10.8). The overall prevalence of hypertension was 1.2% (95%
CI: 0.06-2.6). This was significantly higher (p=0.01) in the third trimester (3.2%)
than in the second (0.5%) and first (0%) trimesters. The prevalence of preeclampsia,
defined by have hypertension and proteinuria, was 0.7% (95% CI: 0.3-1.8).
Asymptomatic urinary tract infection (having ≥10 white blood cells /high power
field in the urine) was pre...
Source: Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health - Category: Tropical Medicine Tags: Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health Source Type: research
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