Assessment of risk factors for high risk pregnancy

Objective: to determine the most prevalent causes/factors of high-risk pregnancy among women of reproductive age group. materials and methods: this is a descriptive study of 100 adult females of reproductive age and was conducted in 3 teaching hospitals of peshawar,pakistan from january 2015 to december 2015. a semi-structured questionnaire was used to collect relevant information regarding different modifiable and non-modifiable risk factors. results: this study found that among the systemic diseases,anemia(37%) is the most common risk factor followed by hypertension (20%). the top complication of the previous pregnancy (as a risk factor) is caesarian section. obstetrical hemorrhage (p/v bleeding) is the most prevalent complication of existing pregnancy,which contributes to the pregnancy being high risk. the percentage of teenage pregnancies was 14% and that of elderly pregnancies was 18%. the illiteracy rate was 85%. conclusion: the prevalence of high-risk pregnancy was on the upper side in the study population. the study showed anemia,hypertension,p/v bleeding,caesarian section and illiteracy as the most prevalent risk factors leading to high-risk pregnancy and eventually maternal mortality and long term morbidity. © 2017,khyber medical college. all rights reserved.