SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILES OF SEPTIC ABORTION
Journal Title: Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences - Year 2014, Vol 3, Issue 20
Abstract
[b]INTRODUCTION:[/b] Septic abortion is a significant contributor to maternal morbidity and mortality. Termination of pregnancy, although a safe and easy procedure in trained hands, can produce catastrophic outcomes when performed by unauthorized or untrained people and in improper settings. [b]OBJECTIVE:[/b] To find out the association of various socio-demographic factors with septic abortion. [b]MATERIAL AND METHODS: [/b]This was a longitudinal study, conducted in the indoor of obstetrics & gynaecology department of R.M.C.H & R.C, Ghaziabad district of Uttar Pradesh from the period of Feb-2013 to April-2013, after selecting 100 septic abortion cases by simple randomization, who were admitted during the study period. Information of all these cases regarding their age, marital status, socio-economic status, literacy, parity and gestational age was obtained, and their association with septic abortion was studied accordingly. [b]OBSERVATION: [/b]Out of the 100 cases of septic abortion studied, maximum percentage (66%) of the cases was seen from the age group of 26 to 35 years. Most of the cases (97%) were married, maximum (40%) were belonging from low socio-economic status group (Group-IV), maximum (60%) number of cases were illiterate, maximum (53%) number of cases belonged to women group having parity five and above, and maximum (86%) number of women were in the 1sttrimester of pregnancy at the time of abortion. [b]CONCLUSION: [/b] Present study confirms that unsafe abortion is one of the greatest neglected healthcare problems in India and more so in rural India. So, there is the need to strengthen quality abortion services to reduce the maternal morbidity and mortality due to septic abortion.
Authors and Affiliations
Manoj Kumar, Jitendra Singh, Kashif Shahnawaz
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