Abstract
Background: The study was conducted with the aim to observe the pattern of non-communicable diseases, mainly hypertension, diabetes mellitus, hypothyroidism and anemia in antenatal cases who attended outpatient department of a tertiary care hospital of district Srinagar, of Kashmir valley.
Methods: The study included 100 pregnant women with non-communicable diseases. Demographic profile, obstetric history, history of previous abortion, previous mode of delivery, family history of any non-communicable disease etc. were recorded by interview with the help of preformed proforma for a period of one month during June to July 2017.
Results: Among these patients 26% were having Hypertension, 25% Diabetes, 55% Hypothyroidism and 70% Anaemia. Among Hypertensive patients only 23% of the patients were having Hypertension before pregnancy, likewise 24% having Diabetes before pregnancy among Diabetic patients and 69% of Hypothyroid were having the diseases diagnosed before pregnancy.
Conclusions: The majority of non-communicable diseases were detected during the pregnancy, there is a need to focus on the screening tests for these diseases as this provides the opportunity to screen these ice berg diseases which become prominent during pregnancy as a result of physiological stress.
Keywords: Non-communicable diseases, pregnancy, tertiary care hospital.
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Corresponding Author
Dr Abdul Rouf
Naz Enclave Panthachowk Srinagar, J&K, India, 191101
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DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v6i3.49
