PREVALENCE OF MATERNAL AND PLACENTAL PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM MALARIA INFECTION AT DELIVERY IN LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL, IKEJA

Abstract

A total of 265 subjects delivering at the maternal and child care center (MCC), Ifako
Ijaiye during the study period that met the inclusion criteria were recruited. The age
of the patients involved in the study range from 18 to 44 years, the mean + SD age
was 30.28 + 4.52 years. The lowest parity was 0, while the highest parity was 6, the
modal parity group was para 0. The patients recruited were registered for antenatal
care at MCC Ifako Ijaiye. The earliest gestational age at booking was at 9+6 weeks,
while the maximum gestational age at booking was 40 weeks. The mean gestational
age at booking was 33+5 weeks. 5 (1.9%) of the patients booked in their 1st trimester,
84 (31.9%) patients booked in their 2nd trimester, while 174 (66.2%) patients booked
in their 3rd trimester. Similarly, all patients used in the study presented in labour at
term. The minimum gestational age at labour was 37+2 weeks, while the maximum
gestational age at labour was 42+3 weeks. The mean gestational age at labour was
39+4. All the patients had at least one antenatal visit while the maximum number of
antenatal visit was 13. The mean antenatal visit was 5. More than two-third of the
patients (181, 69.9%) used sulphadoxine/pyrimethamine while 78 (30.1%) of them
did not use sulphadoxine/pyrimethamine for intermittent preventive treatment for
malaria. Among the patients who used sulphadoxine / pyrimethamine, 83 (45.9%) of
them had one dose, 90 (49.7%) patients had two doses while 8 (4.4%) of them had
three doses, Also only 106 (41.7%) of the patients used insecticide treated bed nets
while 148 (58.3%) of them did not use despite the fact that all of them were given the
net at point of registration for antenatal care

PREVALENCE OF MATERNAL AND PLACENTAL PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM MALARIA INFECTION AT DELIVERY IN LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL, IKEJA