Anemia and pre term labour at a tertiary care hospital

Abstract

Background: Pre term labour and anemia in quite common among pregnant women.
Objective: To assess the frequency of pre-term labor in anemic pregnant women.
Methodology: Study design: Cross Sectional Study. Setting: Department of Gynecology, Shaikh Zayed Hospital,
Rahim Yar Khan. Duration: 1 February to 1 August 2017. The patients with age 20-40 years with single pregnancy of
20 weeks' gestation or more irrespective of the number of parity and gravida with anemia were included. Anemia was
labelled with hemoglobin level less than 12 g/dl were included and preterm labor was defined as fetus delivered
(spontaneously via vaginal delivery or cesarean section) before 37 weeks of gestation.
Results: In present study there were total 94 cases. The mean age of the subjects was 29.71±3.57 years and mean
parity status was 4.45±2.17. Preterm labor was seen in 24 (25.53%) out of 94 cases. Pre term labor was seen more in
cases with age 20-29 years, rural population and those with no prior history of cesarean section; however, none of
these factors was seen to be significantly associated with this.
Conclusion: Pre term labor is common in cases with anemia and was seen in almost 1 out of 4 cases; but has no
significant association with age, rural residence and prior history of cesarean section.