Hypertension and Maternal Preterm Delivery in budi Kemuliaan Mother and child Hospital Jakarta Wahyuni Indira Rezki1, Helda2,* 1Master Program in Epidemiology, Department of Epidemiology, Faculty of Public Health, Universitas Indonesia, Indonesia 2Department of Epidemiology, Faculty of Public Health, Universitas Indonesia, Indonesia *Corresponding Author: Helda, Department of Epidemiology, Faculty of Public Health, Universitas Indonesia, Indonesia, Email: heldanazar1@gmail.com
Online published on 4 June, 2019. Abstract Newborn deaths are a major obstacle to further reducing child mortality especially in development country including Indonesia. Most of the causes of newborn deaths can be overcome. Preterm birth is the main cause (60–80%) of neonatal morbidity and mortality worldwide. Preterm labor occurs in pregnancy less than 37 weeks (between 20–37 weeks) with a fetal weight of less than 2500 grams. The aim of this study was to identify the association of maternal hypertension and preterm delivery of women in Budi Kemuliaan Mother and Child Hospital Jakarta, 2017. Research conducted with cross sectional approach with 505 as a subjects used in this research. Woman with or more than 140 mm/hg of systolic blood pressure categorized are suffering from hypertension and less than 140 mm/hg categorized as normotensif. Research showed that about 34, 1% of subjects categorized as hypertension and 24, 6% of total subjects in preterm delivery. Multivariate analyzis using logistic regression showed that statistically there is no association between maternal hypertension with preterm delivery in Budi Kemuliaan Mother and Child Hospital, Jakarta, Indonesia, 2017. Based on this study there was no significant relationship between hypertension of pregnant women with preterm events. socialization of prevention of complications at the time of pregnancy is highly recommended to prevent the occurrence of preterm delivery and other complications that can arise. Top Keywords Maternal hypertension, Preterm Delivery. Top |