Prevalence of Thyroid Disorders in Antenatal Care Mothers

Thyroid hormone is essential for early placental development in pregnancy. Especially during the first twelve weeks of pregnancy the fetus entirely depends upon the maternal thyroid hormone for the normal neural and skeletal development. Pregnancy had a crucial effect on the thyroid and function of thyroid. 1.To assess the prevalence of thyroid disorders in ANC mothers.2.To find the association between thyroid disorder with selected demographical variables. Study Design:Cross sectional research design with Quantitative research approach. Sample were ANC mothers. Population: ANC mothers in first trimester. Setting of the study: Selected hospital in wardha district. Samples Size: 90. hyroid profile estimation (T3,T4,TSH). Frequency of participant majority of 76(84.40%) were in the age group of 21-30 years. Frequency 46 ( 51.10%) of them had 11-12 year of age at menarche. Frequency is 80 (88.90%) of the ANC mothers had regular menstrual history. Frequency of 68 (70%) of them did not have any family history. Frequency of 56 (62.20%) of them had municipal corporation without RO. It is interpreted that Age in years (p=0.001) and menstrual history(p=0.002) of ANC mothers area correlating with TSH Level of ANC mothers. In conclusion, our current study shows that the high prevalence of thyroid abnormality particularly hypothyroidism in low-risk women who are pregnant. Due to adverse pregnant outcome, it is recommended that all the pregnant women may be screened for thyroid dysfunction to reduce the maternal and neonatal morbidity in the population.