Assessing the Prevalence and Consequences of Unbooked Pregnancies: A Study on Maternal-Foetal Outcome and JSSK Awareness: A Cross-Sectional Study in Central India

Kalaivani M, Charuhas V Akre, Jyotsna Deshmukh, Astha Mishra

Abstract: Background: Mother and child should be considered one unit. The health of the children depends upon their mother's health. Awareness regarding JSSK and other government schemes about mother and child will encourage mothers to utilize health facilities more, which in turn indirectly improves the health status of mother and foetus. Thus, this study was conducted to assess the maternal-foetal outcome, between booked and unbooked cases. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 300 postnatal mothers over 2 months in a tertiary health care centre in Central India. Data was analysed using Jamovi 2.4.8. Qualitative data were analysed using chi-square. A Student t-test was used to compare the continuous variable with the categorical variable. The p-value of < 0.05 was considered to be statistically significant. Results: The mean age was 33.3 ? 19.8 years. Out of 300, the majority 199(66.3%) were males. Out of 300, 45 (15.0%) were found to have a delay in initiating post-exposure prophylaxis (>48hrs) & the most common reason for the delay was lack of money found in 15(33.0%).

Keywords: Booked case, unbooked case, JSSK, foetal outcome, maternal outcome