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Awareness on Complications of Fever in Early Pregnancy

Sita VK , Sita VK1 , N Hephzibah Kirubamani2

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Indian Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 7(3 ):p 487-493, July-September 2019. | DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21088/ijog.2321.1636.7319.20

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Sita VK, N Hephzibah Kirubamani. Awareness on Complications of Fever in Early Pregnancy. Indian J Obstet Gynecol. 2019;7(3):487–493.

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Background: Fever is the most common way of presenting any type of infections, which when left without appropriate treatment can result in adverse foetal as well as maternal outcomes. Fever can easily be presented during pregnancy time because of low immunity levels, so proper guidelines have to be given about the management of fever. It is therefore important to assess the levels of awareness in our communities. Methods: A cross sectional questionnaire-based interview was conducted among 100 pregnant women in early pregnancy who attended outpatient department of obstetric and gynecologydepartment of saveetha medical college, chennai. The study was conducted after ethical clearance and after informed consentto assess the awareness about fever during early pregnancy. Result: Overall results showed insufficient knowledge and awareness about the complications of fever in early trimester. Most of the antenatal mothers 16% had satisfactory awareness, 80% had poor awareness, and 4% had good awareness about fever during pregnancy. Out of the 80% of the antenatal women who had poor awareness about complications of fever during pregnancy, 75% belonged to lower socioeconomic class and the remaining 5% belonged to middle class. Out of the 16% of the antenatal women who had Satisfactory awareness about complications of fever during pregnancy, 15% belonged to middle class and the remaining 1% belonged to upper socioeconomic class. Out of 4% of the antenatal women who had good awareness about complications of fever during pregnancy, 4% belonged to upper socioeconomic class. Out of 80% of the antenatal women who had poor awareness about complications of fever during pregnancy, 25% had no formal education, 30% had completed their primary school education and the remaining 25% had completed their high school educatIon. Out of 16% of the antenatal women who had satisfactory awareness about complications of fever during pregnancy, 10% had completed their high school education and the remaining 6% were graduates. Out of 4% of the antenatal women who had good awareness about fever during pregnancy, 3% professionals and the remaining 1% were degree holders. Conclusion: Our participants did not have ample knowledge and awareness about the complications. Hence awareness programmes need to be implemented in the low socio-economic. This will decrease complications of fever during pregnancy.

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Sita VK, N Hephzibah Kirubamani. Awareness on Complications of Fever in Early Pregnancy. Indian J Obstet Gynecol. 2019;7(3):487–493.

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Fever; Pregnancy; Congenital anomalies.

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