ASSESSMENT OF CLINICAL DETERMINANTS ASSOCIATED WITH MATERNAL HEALTH RISK
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https://doi.org/10.69980/dpt85572Keywords:
maternal health risk, clinical determinants, blood pressureAbstract
Maternal health risk assessment is essential for early identification of women who may require closer monitoring and timely clinical intervention during pregnancy. This study assessed clinical determinants associated with maternal health risk using routinely measurable clinical and physiological indicators. An observational analytical design was adopted using a maternal health dataset containing age, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, blood glucose, body temperature, heart rate, and maternal health risk level. Data were screened for completeness, duplicate observations, and clinically implausible values. After data preparation, the final analytical sample comprised 451 records. Descriptive statistics, risk-category distribution, correlation analysis, and one-way analysis of variance were used to examine differences across low, mid, and high-risk maternal health categories. The results showed that low-risk cases represented 51.66% of the sample, while mid-risk and high-risk cases represented 23.50% and 24.83%, respectively. High-risk cases had higher mean age, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, blood glucose, body temperature, and heart rate compared with low-risk cases. Blood glucose showed the strongest difference across risk categories, followed by systolic and diastolic blood pressure. All selected indicators differed significantly across maternal health risk groups. The findings suggest that routinely available clinical indicators can support maternal risk assessment and may assist early identification of women requiring closer antenatal monitoring.
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