Maternal risk factors associated with congenital anomalies in Baghdad city

Majeed Abbass, IKbal; Sh. Jied, Shukria

	Maternal risk factors associated with congenital anomalies in Baghdad city
AL-TAQANI
Article 1, Volume 22, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 178-185
Authors
IKbal Majeed Abbass; Shukria Sh. Jied
Abstract
Descriptive, analytic study was conducted to identify the maternal risk factors, which contribute in the incidence of congenital anomalies. A purposive sample of one hundred women (who delivered alive anomalies babies) selected from two maternity hospitals, Al- Elwayia maternity teaching hospital and Fatima Al-Zahra teaching hospital for the period 1st of Feb. to end of May 2004. Data was collected through interviews of study sample. Questionnaire format was designed that consisted four parts, demographic variables, reproductive variables, variables related to current pregnancy and variables related to newborn. Descriptive & inferential statistical procedures were used to analyze the data. The results of the study revealed that the highest percentage 45% their age were ranged between (20 – 34) years & the highest percentage 50% of them graduated from primary school & less. Most of them were housewives & whose marriage was related to the same families. Most common types of anomalies is hydrocephalic, spina bifida & cleft lip. The result indicated that four important variables contributed in the incidence of congenital anomalies, which included: age of the study sample, prenatal care, previous delivery of congenital anomalies & gender of the baby. It is recommended that emphasize on prenatal care as early as possible, as well as the nurses must take their roles in health education & counseling for reducing the incidence of congenital anomlies

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