Pregnancy is considered as a normal physiological event and is typically, a time of joy and anticipation. Identifying the symptoms will help to screen the high risk cases at booking. It will help the health professionals to plan the suitable surveillance routine to detect preeclampsia for the rest of the pregnancy Methodology: Descriptive research design was used to assess the presence of vascular symptoms among pregnant women with Pregnancy Induced Hypertension (PIH). Pregnant women who diagnosed with pregnancy induced hypertension, belongs to hilly area, primigravida, gestational age between 26 – 30 weeks and experiencing at least three vascular symptoms, were included in the study. One hundred and six (106) women with pregnancy induced hypertension were selected for study by using purposive sampling technique. The tools used to collect the data were 1. Demographic questionnaire, 2. Scale to assess the Vascular Symptoms. To assess the magnitude of edema 4 point edema scale was used. To assess the head ache and epigastric pain numerical pain scale was used. Informed written consent was taken from each participant. Results: Half of the women (50%) had moderate BP, highest percentage (58.50%) of women had moderate proteinuria, almost half of the participants (56.60%) had moderate edema, more than one third of the participants (69.81%) had normal weight gain. Head ache depicts that highest percentage (40.57%) of women had mild head ache, one third (38.68%) of women had mild pain, two third (68.87%) of women had normal fetal growth or no IUGR, and 65.09% of women verbalized that they are experiencing Insomnia and 20.75% of the women verbalized that they are experiencing depression. Conclusion: The symptoms underlying evidence base can be used to assess risk at booking especially in hilly area. High quality antenatal care can be provided for those cases in order to minimize the complications in both mother and the fetus.
Hilly Area, Pregnant Women, PIH, Vascular Symptoms
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