Regarding the gestational age, there were 51 (24.28%)
preterm, 130 (61.9%) term l, and 24 (11.42%) post-date
delivery. There were no significant differences among
two groups according to the gestational age at delivery
(P = 0.3).
The mean birth weight of all neonates was 2891.19 ±
45.07 g; the figures for the group with adequate care and
the group with inadequate care were 2958.21 ± 49.2 g
and 2757.14 ± 90.9 g, respectively, indicating a significant
difference (p = 0.05) (Table 2).
The mean 1st minute Apgar score was 8.76 ± 0.71 for
those with adequate care and 8.53 ± 0.17 for those with
inadequate care, indicating no significant difference (p =
0.2) (Table 2). The mean 5th minute Apgar scores for the
adequate and inadequate care groups were 9.81 ± 0.6
and 9.63 ± 0.16 respectively, indicating no significant
difference (p = 0.3) (Table 2).
29 (13.8%) newborns were admitted to NICU, consisting
of 15 (21.43%) in the inadequate care group and
14 (12.14%) in the adequate care group (Table 2).
There were 17 cases of gestational diabetes in our
study, with 15 (88.23%) of them in the adequate care
group and 2 (11.76%) in the inadequate care group (p =
0.05) (Table 3).
Early postpartum hemorrhage was observed in 3 (1.42%)
patients, all of them were in the adequate care group (p =
0.2). preeclampsia was observed in 18 (8.57%) of patients,
including 11 (61.11%) in the adequate care group
and 7 (38.88%) in the inadequate care group (p = 0.6)
(Table 3).