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Evaluation of Sociodemographic Characteristics of Pregnant Women without Any Medico-Legal Issues Saikia Dayananda; Konwar Ranjumoni; Dutta Bhaskar Jyoti; Mahanta Putul
Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology Vol. 15 No. 2 (2021): Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology
Publisher : Institute of Medico-legal Publications Pvt Ltd

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.37506/ijfmt.v15i2.14437

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Background and Objectives: In light of the pregnancy, identifying sociodemographic issues is crucial foroptimising antenatal care. The period of pregnancy is very critical, as each of the women expects a usualoutcome. Any inconvenience caused to both mother and unborn fetus arising out of the mismanagement mayinvite litigation as prescribed by the land rule. Therefore, we aimed to analyse different sociodemographicfactors associated with pregnancy without medico-legal issues (MLI).Materials and Methods: It is a prospective, cross-sectional study carried out on 325 participants of pregnancywithout any MLI. All the participant were observed and interviewed to know the inconvenience faced duringtheir antenatal period if any. The medical record was physically verified, and sociodemographic data wererecorded for analysis. Descriptive statistical methods were computed, and the statistical significance wastested by chi-square test and student’s t-test. ethResults:Majority of patients, i.e. 48% were within the age group of 21 to 25 years. The number of nulliparouswomen was the highest being 143 (44%). Majority of the cases belonged to the middle socioeconomic class.189 (58%) cases came from a rural background while 136 patients (42%) came from urban areas, and 65.5%of cases were the booked cases. Majority of 197 (60.6%) cases comprises Hindu.Conclusion: The pregnancy cases without any medico-legal complication show average sociodemographicfindings. Such findings are useful for targeted health policies aimed at attaining healthy pre-pregnancy care.