Investigation of Relationship between Husband's Occupation and Preeclampsia in Pregnant Women Admitted to Selected Hospitals in Tehran, 2011

Background& Preeclampsia is a significant threat to public health and the leading cause of maternal and fetal death and disability worldwide. Its incidence is between 5 to 12 percent in Iran، which has many causes. Husband’s occupation is one of these factors that has not been considered till now. This study was performed to determine the effect of husband’s occupation on preeclampsia in pregnant women in Tehran. This is a retrospective study with a total case of 195 pregnant women (65 women with preeclampsia and 130 controls) admitted to selected hospitals in Tehran، 2011. Among the hospitals with higher number of deliveriesin the north، south، east، west and central of Tehran، 4 reference hospitals wereselected based onobjectiveand non-randomized methodand given referrals for prenatal care and delivery; every hospital was given a quota. Data collecting tools were questionnaire and checklist that were filled by interview with qualified women and their cases. Women were divided into worker، employee، unemployed and self employed groups. Confounding factors were controlledthrough randomizing. We used independent t test for quantitative variables and chi-square test for relationships between categorical variables. Odds ratio was used to show the statistics relationship between some variables and preeclampsia. All data analysiswas performed bySPSSversion 18. The results of this study showed that there is a statistically significant association between husband’s occupationand preeclampsia (P=0. 01). In preeclamptic group، the worker husbands and in healthy group the self employed husbands were the most. It seems that husband’s occupation is related to preeclampsia and the incidence of preeclampsia in worker’s family is more than families that are employee and self-employed.