Maternal complications, mode of delivery and fetal outcome in obese women

Abstract

Background-Obesity among fertile women is reaching epidemic proportions. Mothers who are overweight or obese during pregnancy and childbirth are known to be at risk of significant antenatal, intrapartum, postpartum and neonatal complications. Objectives- To evaluate the effect of obesity on the maternal and perinatal outcomes in pregnancies complicated by obesity. Material and methods:It was a Prospective case control study conducted among pregnant women with BMI>30 (kg/m²) attending obstetrics OPD of Vinayaka Mission’s KirupanandaVariyar Medical College & Hospital, Salem between MARCH 2022 to AUGUST 2022. 50 pregnant women were selected through purposive sampling technique who were attending OPD with obesity during the study period and 50 controls who are also pregnant but not obese attending the same OPD. IBM SPSS version 22 was used for statistical analysis. Results: The mean of Age was 23± 3.43 among controls and it was 25± 4.14 among cases the majority of the participants belonged to 20-24 years. A maximum number of cases 42 (93.51%) and controls 40 (82.19%) belong to class III socioeconomic status and the difference between 2 groups was statistically significant (P-value 0.03). 48.05% were Multiparity among cases and 40 (51.95%) participants were primiparity.