Burden of preconception morbidity in women of reproductive age from an urban setting in North India.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is a growing interest in the life course approach for the prevention, early detection and subsequent management of morbidity in women of reproductive age to ensure optimal health and nutrition when they enter pregnancy. Reliable estimates of such morbidities are lacking. We report the prevalence of health or nutrition-related morbidities, specifically, anemia, undernutrition, overweight and obesity, sexually transmitted infections (STIs) or reproductive tract infections (RTIs), diabetes or prediabetes, hypothyroidism, hypertension, and depressive symptoms, during the preconception period among women aged 18 to 30 years.

Methods

A cross-sectional study was conducted among 2000 nonpregnant married women aged 18 to 30 years with no or one child who wished to ha

SUBMITTER: Chowdhury R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7302496 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature