Proportion of Pregnancy Induced Hypertension at Khulna Medical College Hospital, Khulna

Background: Pregnancy Induced Hypertension is the development of new hypertension in pregnant women after 20 weeks gestation without the presence of protein in the urine or other sign of pre-eclampsia. Objective: To identify the proportion of pregnancy induced hypertension above 20 weeks pregnant women at Khulna Medical College Hospital (KMCH), Khulna. Materials and Methods: A descriptive type of cross sectional study was carried out at KMCH. Sample was collected by using purposive sampling technique and sample size was 50 pregnant mothers above 20 weeks of gestation at KMCH. Data was collected by face to face interview with a set of self-administered questionnaire from the respondents. Result: In our study, the total sample was 50 women and among them 8 (16%) women had hypertension during pregnancy, remaining 42 (84%) had no hypertension. Out of the 8 mothers with Pregnancy Induced hypertension, 7 (87.5%) were above 30 years of age, and 1 (12.5%) mother was between 18–30 years of age. The mean age of the respondents was 32.58 years. Here, 5 (62.5%) woman's sleep duration was less than 6 hours, 3 (37.5%) woman’s sleep duration is between 6-8 hours. Women who reported sleeping less than 6 hours had a PIH proportion of 45.5%, on other hand 12% women was sleeping in the 6–8 hours and 0% women who reported sleeping more than 8 hours. Conclusion: This study suggested that education, regular antenatal check-up, ensure proper pre- conception care to increase good knowledge and make a great impact on prevention among pregnant mother will help to reduce pregnancy induced hypertension, pre-eclampsia and eclampsia in Bangladesh.