Prevalence of women meeting WHO criteria of antenatal care presenting in a tertiary care hospital of Lahore

Objectives: to determine the frequency of women meeting who criteria of antenatal care presenting in a tertiary care hospital of lahore study design and settings: this was a cross-sectional study conducted in the deptt. of obs & gynae fatima memorial hospital,lahore for a period of six months from march 2012 to august 2012. results: age range was between 15-40 years,majority of them were 42%(n=126) between 26-30 years,common age was 27.73±4.46 years,34.67%(n=104) were primigravida,26%(n=78) were gravida 2,19%(n=57) were gravida 3,9%(n=27) were gravida 4,4.33%(n=13) gravida 5,3.67%(n=11) were gravida 6 and 3.33%(n=10) were recorded with >gravida 6,frequency of women meeting who criteria of antenatal care presenting in our hospital was recorded in 32.33%(n=97) while 67.67%(n=203) did not meet the criteria. stratification for socioeconomic status reveals 29.90 % (n=29) out of 97 patients with salary <7000 rupees while 70.10 & (n=68) had salary ≥7000 rupees; 75.26% (n=73) were graduate and 24.74% (n=24) were undergraduate. conclusion: the frequency of women meeting who criteria of antenatal care presenting in a tertiary care hospital of lahore is only 32.33% which is a dilemma for maternal and child health.