Relationship between Age and Parity with Late Onset Severe Preeclampsia at PKU Muhammadiyah Surabaya Hospital

Abstract

Maternal and fetal mortality is 31.15% due to undetected preeclampsia leading to eclampsia. Pre-occurrence of eclampsia is often characterized by severe preeclampsia symptoms such as increased blood pressure, and proteinuria, furthermore, preeclampsia is also divided into 2 types, based on the time of symptom onset, in early-onset type preeclampsia appears at 34 weeks of gestation. Extreme age and multigravida parity are risk factors for severe preeclampsia. This study aims to determine the relationship between age and parity with late-onset severe preeclampsia. This study used a cross-sectional study design, sampling method used nonprobability sampling techniques with observational analysis on pregnant women diagnosed with preeclampsia at PKU Muhammadiyah Surabaya Hospital for January 2022 - November 2023. The data collection instrument used medical record data, which was analyzed using Chi-Square. In the analysis obtained for the relationship between age and preeclampsia, the large p-value is 0.16 <0.05. The relationship of parity with preeclampsia is 0.004 < 0.05, thus proving a relationship between age and parity with late-onset severe preeclampsia at PKU Muhammadiyah Surabaya Hospital. In conclusion, there is a relationship between age and parity with late-onset severe preeclampsia at PKU Muhammadiyah Surabaya Hospital.

Keywords

• late-onset severe preeclampsia, age, parity