THE CHARACTERISTICS OF MOTHER WHO EVER SUFFERED EITHER PREECLAMPSIA OR ECLAMPSIA IN SURABAYA.

Nowadays, hypertension in pregnancy was still one of the main causes of maternal mortality, besides hemorrhaging and infection (triage complications), even it was considered as a cause of maternal mortality and high perinatal pain. This research utilized case study approach. The population of this research was all pregnant women who were treated at Dr. M. Soewandhie HospitalSurabaya in 2013. The number of eclampsia cases in 2013 was 43 cases. Sampling method that was used was total sampling technique. The results showed that 32.7% of eclampsia was occurred in women who were>35 years old, 2.7% who had gemelli pregnancies (twins), 2.7% who had history of hypertension, 4.10% who had history of DM, 3.6% who had other diseases, 8.2% who suffered obesity, 72.6% who had loweducational background, 41.8% who were unemployed, and 77.3% who earned low-income. Therefore, it was suggested for all women to improve their education so that their knowledge would also increase. Besides, it was required to improve the pregnancy services for all pregnant women.