Ninth International Conference on Health, Wellness & Society

Abstract

This study was aimed to assess time to recovery of eclampsia and its determinants. This is an institutional based retrospective follow-up study conducted to determine time to recovery of eclampsia and its determinants among 608 eclamptic mothers. Survival analysis was used to estimate survivor and/or hazard functions. Statistically significant associations between the dependent variable and explanatory variables will be assessed by the hazard ratio (HR) with 95% confidence interval at p-value less than 0.05. The median recovery time of eclampsia was 12 hours. The recovery hazard of aged from 20-24, 25-29, 35-39 and>=40 years were 50%, 48%, 40% and 45% of teenage groups respectively. Mothers who were in labor for more than 12 hours were 1.26 times as likely to recover from eclampsia at any time as those who were in labor for less than twelve hours (AHR 1.26, CI (1.01, 1.57)). The hazard of recovery from eclampsia among mothers with multiple pregnancy were 68% of singletons (AHR 0.68 CI (0.52, 0.87)). Mothers who become Eclamptic during their postpartum period were 1.81 times as likely to recover as that occur during the antepartum period (AHR 1.81, CI (1.17, 2.81)). The median recovery time from eclampsia was long. Early age, duration of labor, type of pregnancy and time of occurrence of eclampsia were significantly associated with time to recovery of eclampsia. Especial follow-up for multiple pregnant mothers, avoid teenage pregnancy and early diagnosis of pregnancy induced hypertension during antenatal care period are recommended.