IJFANS International Journal of Food and Nutritional Sciences

ISSN PRINT 2319 1775 Online 2320-7876

PREVALENCE OF COMPLICATION AMONG PUNJAB'S MIGRATORY TRIBAL PREGNANT WOMEN

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VANDANA MIGLANI, ANAMIKA GAUTUM

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It has been found that tribal people in India are more vulnerable to biomedical health problems during pregnancy. The objective of the study is to assess the prevalence of complications among the migratory tribal pregnant women of Punjab. The interview method was used to investigate the complications of pregnancy in tribal pregnant women. Three hundred pregnant women were selected as a sample population from four different tribal groups in Punjab. It was shown that the majority of the respondents (198, 66%) suffer from hypertension, whereas the prevalence of diabetes is very low. Most of the respondents (240, or 80%) were not aware of any medical problem, whereas around one-tenth of the respondents (33, or 11%) suffered from heart disease, and only 12 (4%) of the respondents suffered from high blood pressure. A large majority of the respondents (268, 89.67%) suffer from anaemia, followed by severe headaches (66.33%) and swelling of hands or face (60%) during their pregnancy. Half of them faced complications of persistent vomiting (56.66%) and pain in the abdomen (50%) during their pregnancy. Overall, it was found that more than half of them had a high level of complications (56.33%) during their pregnancy, whereas more than one third of them had an average level of complications (36.66%).

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