Hypertensive disorder of pregnancy prevalence and associated factors among pregnant women attending ante natal care at Gondar town health Institutions, North West Ethiopia 2017

Introduction: Hypertensive disorders of Pregnancy are the major complications that cause about 60%-80% of all maternal deaths. Preeclampsia is a major hypertensive disorder of pregnancy that had caused maternal mortalities and morbidities all round the world. Objective: To assess the prevalence of pregnancy induced hypertension disorder and associated factors among pregnant women attending antenatal care service at Gondar town public health institutions. Methods: Institutional based cross-sectional study were conducted from April-June 2017 in Gondar town public health institutions, Northwest Ethiopia. The data were entered and analyzed by using SPSS version 20.0. Result: The prevalence of hypertensive disorder of pregnancy were 16.8%. Maternal age, family history of hypertension, and alcohol intake during pregnancy were significantly associated with hypertensive disorder of pregnancy. Conclusion: The finding of this study showed that there were a considerable proportion of women had hypertensive disorder of pregnancy. Therefore, it is important to give health education to develop health seeking behavior of pregnant women.