Background: Complications observed during pregnancy affect both mother and fetus, and are morecommonly observed among pregnant women from developing countries. The study aims to identify themost common pregnancy and fetal complications during pregnancy, and associated risk factors withthese complications.Methods: A longitudinal study was conducted from September 2017 to July 2018 among pregnantwomen attending and registering in primary health care clinics of the Palestinian Ministry of Health inNablus city. Data were collected through interviews and by reviewing medical records. Women werefollowed up during their regular visits to the primary health care clinics. Any complication affecting eitherthe fetus or the mother during the pregnancy period was recorded. Binary logistic regression was used toidentify independent risk factors for pregnancy and fetal complications.Results: A total of 380 pregnant women were included in the study. The most common complicationsseen among women during pregnancy were preterm labor (PTL) (11.3%), followed by an equal number ofgestational diabetes (GDM) and pregnancies induce hypertension (PIH), i.e. (7.9%). Large for gestationalage (LGA) (11.6 %) and small for gestational age (SGA) (10.5%) were the most commonly observed fetalcomplications. Pregnant women living in camps (O.R 2.35, 95% [CI] 1.02- 5.45), nulliparity (O.R 14.9, 95%[CI] 1.09-202.5) and low parity women (O.R 16.8, 95% [CI] 1.47- 192.5) were at higher risk of havingpregnancy complications. However, lower risk was noticed between women with gravida 4 (O.R 0.11, 95%[CI] 0.03-0.47) compared to women having more than 6 pregnancies. Age younger than 41 years was aprotective factor against fetal complications, while parity (≤ 6 parities) especially 4 to 6 parities (OR36.17; 95% CI 4.88-268) and active smoking mothers (OR 1.25; 95% CI 1.0-3.07) were identi

Title

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Publisher

Research Square

Publisher Country

United States of America

Publication Type

Prtinted only

Volume

--

Year

2021

Pages

1-18