HEALTH PROBLEMS AFFECTING PREGNANT WOMEN IN BAUCHI CENTRAL ZONE’S GENERAL HOSPITALS

Mijinyawa Ibrahim¹ ; Zulaiha Abdullahi¹ ; Musa Yusuf¹ and Ezekiel U. Nwose²

ABSTRACT

This study was designed to evaluate the health problems affecting pregnant women in Bauchi Central Zone of Bauchi State. The study employed a retrospective descriptive study among pregnant women who had ANC and also delivered their babies or were brought to the Hospital at the onset of labour or during child birth from 1^st January 2022 to 31^st December 2022. The instrument for data collection was a designed proforma which was used to extract information from patient antenatal cards, ANC registers, labour and delivery registers. The collected data was entered into the computer and analysed using SPSS Version 21. The findings of the study show that less than one-third of the respondents 60(30.30%) were between ages 21-25 years, while majority were married and 76(38.38%) attained secondary education. The events during ANC for booked and unbooked pregnancies were preeclampsia (4(10.0%) vs 8(12.90%) and Malaria in pregnancy 12(30.0%) vs 18(29.03%). In conclusion, the study showed eventful pregnancy among women with booked antenatal when compared with women with unbooked pregnancy. The study therefore recommends improving the availability and accessibility of quality antenatal and delivery care services in our environment to improve pregnancy outcome.

Keywords: Antenatal Care, Booked Pregnancy, Unbooked Pregnancy, Acceptable Minimum Package, Desirable Quality of ANC