A STUDY TO IDENTIFY HIGH RISK PREGNANCY AMONG PREGNANT WOMEN IN SELECTED COMMUNITY, ASSAM

Volume : VII, Issue : VII, July - 2018

Ms. Corrigenda Pohdweng, Mrs Arline Beshra, Mrs Khundongbam Pinky

A descriptive study was conducted to identify high risk pregnancy among pregnant women and to find out the association

between high risk pregnancy with the demographic variables. Non–experimental descriptive design was adopted for the study. In

this study, 100 pregnant women residing in Dhirenpara, Guwahati, Assam were selected by using Non–probability convenience

sampling technique. The tools used for the study were Demographic performa and Modified high risk pregnancy scoring system.

The study reveals that 34% of the pregnant women were having low risk pregnancy, 45% were having moderate risk pregnancy

and 21% of the pregnant women were having high risk pregnancy. The findings showed that high risk pregnancy was found to

be associated with number of abortion, family income, dietary pattern and source of information.