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Prevalence and Risk Factors of Abortion Among Patients Attending Maternity and Children Teaching Hospital in AL-Diwaniyah-Iraq
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YASAMIN HAMZA SHARIF, RANA MOHAMMED HASSEN
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Abortion responsible for high percentage of maternal mortality in the reproductive age women especially in the developing countries and countries with limited abortion laws.There is a real fact , the abortion may occur in the early weeks of pregnancy mostly when the mother not aware of her pregnancy . In addition , in some of the countries such as Iraq in which the induced abortion is illegal , it is not easy to know about the exact burden of different types of abortion .The present case control study of Iraqi women living in Aldiwaniyah city to identify the attributable risk factors that lead to abortion in reproductive age women and the correlation of the most prevalence risk for reproductive women to suffering from abortion .
Aim of the study: To study the prevalence of abortion in a sample of inpatient women within reproductive age and the risk factors implicated in such risky disease.
Patients and Method: A case -control study with 300 respondents was used (150 cases and 150 controls).The study was undertaken in Al-Diwaniyah maternity and children teaching hospital, Al-Diwaniyah province, Mid-Euphrates region of Iraq . During a period starting from 8 April 2020through 25September 2020 , the main presenting clinical features and clinical features of abortion and finding in examination as well as those obtained from investigations.
Results: In the current study, The prevalence of all cases of abortion during the period of study was 801 Out of 10073 women admitted to the Children and Maternity Teaching Hospital, 801(8 %). there was also no significant difference in the distribution of patients and control subjects according to residency, level of education , socioeconomic state ,number of life children , relation to husband and diseases ( anemia , high blood pressure high blood sugar and urinary tract infection) .Also , occupation , age of women at marriage and antenatal care appears to be significantely associated with abortion .
Conclusions: Abortion appears to be significantly correlated with age 20-29 years old , occupation , age of women at marriage and antenatal care.
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Abortion , Prevalence , Risk factors , Reproductive age women .
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https://doi.org/10.31838/ijpr/2020.12.04.396
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