| Summary: | 碩士 === 亞洲大學 === 健康產業管理學系健康管理組 === 100 === Background: Indonesia‟s maternal mortality rate continues at an unacceptably high level. While maternal mortality figures vary widely by source and are highly controversial, the best estimates for Indonesia suggest that approximately 20,650 women and girls die each year due to pregnancy-related complications. One of the crucial objectives of this study is to identify the variables which are related to complications during pregnancy so that they can be controlled in order to reduce the prevalence of such complications and in turn, reduce the maternal mortality in the country.
Methods: A multistage probability sample involving 15,058 ever married women, aged 15-49 was selected. The sample was representative of the Indonesian population by age, type of residence, etc. The 2007 IDHS data have been analysed statistically using univariate, bivariate and multivariate analyses. Multivariate analysis (logistic regression) has been used to analyse the relationship of the dependent variable with more than one independent variable at a time
Results: Of the 15,058 respondents, 28.1% (4,229) were 20-24 years of age. During pregnancy, 78.9% of respondents were very active in attending of antenatal care (more than 4 times) and 15.6 % attended antenatal service less than the recommended three antenatal visits. Based on Multivariate Analysis, this study found that vaginal bleeding is significantly associated with age, type of place of residence, partner‟s educational level, and terminated pregnancy. Hypertension is significantly associated with age, wealth index, place of residence, and occupation. While convulsion and fainting was not significantly associated with any independent variables.
Conclusion: Socio‐demographic and health factors affected the prevalence of complications during pregnancy in Indonesia. It is also critical to provide health education programs about the risk factors during pregnancy. Education is believed to be the most powerful influencing factor to increasing women's knowledge of a healthy pregnancy. Reducing maternal mortality is important because women matter. A mother‟s survival means the survival of her children, communities and nations.
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