| I.
|
Demographic
factors |
| A. |
Lower socio-economic
status |
|
B. |
Disadvantaged
ethnic groups |
| C. |
Marital status
: unwed mothers |
|
D. |
Maternal age |
|
1. |
Gravida less
than 16 years of age |
| 2 |
Primigravida
35 years of age or older |
|
3. |
Gravida 40 years
of age or more |
| E |
Maternal weight
: nonpregnant weight less than 100 pounds or more than 200
pounds |
| F
|
Stature : height
less than 62 inches (1.57 m) |
| G |
Malnutrition |
| H. |
Poor physical
fitness |
|
|
| II.
|
Past
pregnancy history |
| A. |
Grand multiparity
: 6 previous pregnancies terminating beyond 20 weeksÕ gestation |
| B.
|
Antepartum bleeding
after 12 weeks' gestation |
| C. |
Premature rupture
of membranes, premature onset of labour, premature delivery |
| D. |
Previous surgical
delivery : cesarean section or midforceps delivery |
| E. |
Prolonged labour |
| F. |
Infant with cerebral
palsy, mental retardation, birth trauma, central nervous system
disorder or congenital anomaly |
| G. |
Reproductive
failure: infertility, repetitive abortion, fetal loss, stillbirth
or neonatal death |
| H. |
Delivery of preterm
(less than 37 weeks) or post-term (more than 42 weeks) infant |
