. Mehri Rejali; . Seyede Soghra Ahmadi; . Akbar Hassanzadeh; . Rezvan Yazdani; . Seyede Nafiseh Ahmadi
Volume 5, Issue 5 , December 2015, , Pages 1-5
Abstract
Background and Objectives: Pregnancy is one of the most important and risky periods inmothers and the fetus life, which plays a key role in health and social activity of the person,family ...
Read More
Background and Objectives: Pregnancy is one of the most important and risky periods inmothers and the fetus life, which plays a key role in health and social activity of the person,family and community. This study is trying to see if there is a relation between increasingweight and urinary tract infection (UTI) in pregnancy by using the open nested case‑controlstudy in the city of Shahrekord. Materials and Methods: In a nested case‑control study,one cohort including 832 patients was examined until week 26 to 30 of pregnancy and theirUTIs were studied. The required information was collected by examining the health recordsof pregnant women and completion of the data registration forms. Data collection wascontrolled by using SPSS and analyzed by using an independent t‑test, Chi‑square test,Pearson correlation and logistic regression. Results: According to the results of the cohortstudy with 832 individuals, average weight gain of the group with a UTI was 11.13 ± 3.9 kgand it was 10.63 ± 3.9 kg in the group without UTI, showing no statistically significantdifference (P = 0.245). According to the results, genitourinary problems had the highestpredictive value for UTIs and the numbers of infertility and the childbirth variables were inthe second and third positions, respectively. Conclusion: According to the results studywe can conclude that screening and treatment of UTIs have been on time and appropriatein health systems of the city of Shahrekord which have lead to the reduction of infant andmaternal diseases even with the condition in having no UTI, and continuing this process forscreening and treatment is recommended.
