Quality of life in Women with Adverse Pregnancy  Outcome in Karad

Authors

adverse pregnancy, miscarriage, quality of life, SF-36

Pregnancy is a period from conception to birth. During this period several physical and emotional changes

occurs in women. Women should be physically and more over mentally prepared to have a baby in her

womb. Miscarriage is spontaneous loss of the fetus before 20 weeks of gestation. The rate of miscarriage

increases with a maternal age of less than 18years or an age of 35 years or more, an increasing number of

previous miscarriage, and increasing parity. In rural population women are forced to marry at an early age.

Objective: To study the quality of life on SF-36 questionnaire of women having adverse pregnancy outcomes.

Materials and Methodology: The study was conducted in krishna institute of medical sciences ‘deemed

to be’ university Karad. Subjects were selected according to inclusion and exclusion criteria. The subjects

underwent test using quality of life questionnaire- SF36.

Conclusion: The present study provided evidence to support the decline in quality of life of women with

adverse pregnancy outcome.

Dimpal Anil Bajaj1, G.Varadharajulu2

1 Final year BPTh Student, 2Professor and Dean, Department of Neurosciences,

Krishna College of Physiotherapy, KIMS “Deemed to be University” Karad, Maharashtra, India