Original Research Article
Year: 2021 | Month: July-September | Volume: 6 | Issue: 3 | Pages: 70-74
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/gijhsr.20210711
Correlation of Urine Dipstick Test with Spot Urine Protein-Creatinine Ratio in Women with Preeclampsia: A Cross Sectional Study
K. Rekha Rani1, Tulasi Reddy2
1,2Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology,
Chalmeda Anand Rao Institute of Medical Sciences & Hospital, Karimnagar, Telangana.
Corresponding Author: Tulasi Reddy
ABSTRACT
Background: Preeclampsia is one of the leading causes for the maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality. Increase level of proteinuria is worsening condition for the pregnant women with hypertension.
Objective: Our study aimed to compare urine dipstick method with P/C ratio to know the proteinuria level in hypertensive pregnant women.
Material and Methods: This Cross-sectional study was conducted on 100 antenatal women with preeclampsia in Department of obstetrics and gynecology, CAIMS Karimnagar. Antenatal cases with pre-eclampsia of more than 20 weeks gestation were included in the study and Urinary Tract Infection, Diabetic, renal function disorder were excluded from study. After getting patients consent detailed history were taken, general physical and systemic including obstetric examination was done Association between the variable analyzed by using chi-square or fisher exact test and quantitative variable compare using ANOVA and Pearson correlation coefficient. P-value<0.05 considered as significant
Result: Among 100 patients admitted, there are 50 cases having mean age was 25±3.266 Years, systolic blood pressure was 156.5±21.94mmhg. Association between P/C ratio and urine dipstick was statistically significant and also correlation between urine dipstick and P/C ratio was moderately correlated (r= 0.564) and highly significant (p-value <0.05)
Conclusion: Our study conclude that Urine dipstick method and P/C ratio has strong correlation between them with high accuracy, at 2+or greater level it can used to estimate significant proteinuria or spot urine P/C ratio for screening pregnant women with suspected preeclampsia. Also, this method is convenient and cost effective for patient.
Keywords: Preeclampsia, Proteinuria, Urine Dipstick, Antenatal.