Knowledge and Practices of Pregnant Women Regarding Danger Signs of Obstetric Complications

Elnagar, A.; Ahmed, Manal Hassan; Belal, Ghada Abd El-Salam

doi:10.9790/1959-0601063041

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“…assuming that the proportion of knowledge about ODS as 23%, 5% margin of error, and applying a confidence level of 95%. (14) The calculated sample size was 272. The sample size was 300 after adding 10% to adjust for missing data or non-response.…”

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Effectiveness of Health Education Program on the Level of Knowledge and Attitude of Pregnant Women Regarding Obstetric Danger Signs in Upper Egypt

Ali

Mohamed

Arief

et al. 2020

Journal of High Institute of Public Health

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Background & Objective(s): The present study aimed to assess women's knowledge and attitude towards ODS (obstetric danger signs) among pregnant women in Upper Egypt and improve women's knowledge through the implementation of an educational program. Methods: a quasi-experimental study was conducted among 300 pregnant women attending antenatal clinics. Data collection was done using structured questionnaires which were distributed to the participants during face to face interview with the researchers. An educational program was implemented to enhance women's knowledge of ODS. Data analysis was done using the SPSS program, version (24). Results: A total of 300 pregnant women were enrolled in the present study. Socio-demographic factors such as increased age, higher educational level, rural residence, and larger family size were shown to significantly influence knowledge about obstetric danger signs. Furthermore, antenatal and obstetric risk factors such as high parity, more number of antenatal visits, history of abortion or medical disease and previous exposure to ODS were shown to be significantly associated with more knowledge about ODS. Logistic regression analysis revealed that the significant predictors that influence the participants' knowledge were women's education and the number of antenatal visits. Most of the study participants had a positive attitude towards ODS (82.3%). The overall knowledge score was increased significantly after the implementation of the educational program from 9.4±4.97 to 27.93±4.4. Conclusion: The study revealed that most of the study participants had a positive attitude towards ODS. The implementation of an education program had a positive effect on increasing women's knowledge about ODS. Health care providers should educate the women about ODS during their antenatal visits as they are the primary source of women's knowledge.

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Effectiveness of Health Education Program on the Level of Knowledge and Attitude of Pregnant Women Regarding Obstetric Danger Signs in Upper Egypt

Ali

Mohamed

Arief

et al. 2020

Journal of High Institute of Public Health

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“…2) Attitudes Our study found that the predominant attitude of women in the community when faced with signs of complications during pregnancy is to go to the local health facility. Studies in Egypt and Ghana also reported that the vast majority of women consulted a health provider when faced with danger signs or complications [4] [21]. The use of traditional birth attendants was cited by a minority of our participants and by other authors [17].…”

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“…El-Nagar A.E. et al also found a very high rate (80.5%) in Egypt [4]. In contrast, Kebede et al reported a much lower prevalence (15.9%) in Ethiopia [10].…”

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“…Bleeding during pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum is the most well-known complication according to other authors [4] [11]- [16]. In their study, El-Nagar A.E et al reported that vaginal bleeding was the danger sign mentioned by almost one third of women during pregnancy and those occurring during labor and postpartum were mentioned by just over one third of participants [4]. Other complications listed were miscarriage and abortion [4] [13], oedema and poor presentation [11] [12] [14] [16] [17].…”

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Women’s Knowledge and Attitudes about Complications during Pregnancy and Childbirth in Guinea

Baldé¹,

Diallo²,

Touré³

et al. 2021

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Introduction: Maternal mortality remains a major public health problem in the world. Complications during pregnancy and childbirth are the main causes of maternal mortality in low-income countries. It is estimated that 15% of deaths are related to these complications. Studies have shown that women have little or no acquaintance on sign danger and complications during pregnancy and childbirth. Limited literature exists on women's knowledge and attitudes about pregnancy and childbirth's complications as well as the barriers for their management, therefore necessity to carry out this study. Objective: To explore women's knowledge and attitudes in the community about complications during pregnancy and childbirth. Method: A qualitative study was conducted in three prefectures of Guinea. Eighteen focus groups were conducted with women of reproductive age living in urban and rural areas. Results: Complications during pregnancy and childbirth are common among pregnant women in Guinea. Many women have knowledge about various sorts of complications related to pregnancy and childbirth. These complications were mostly vaginal bleeding, abortions and maternal mortality. The use of a health facility in case of complications during pregnancy and childbirth was reported as a major attitude in this study. Accompanying the woman to the health facility was another attitude identified. Lack of financial means, the distance from the health facilities and the lack of means of transport were listed as barriers to the management of complications during pregnancy and childbirth. Conclusion: This study showed that women's knowledge and attitudes about obstetric complications are insufficient. To that effect, women counselling during prenatal consultations on the risks of complications and How to cite this paper:

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“…'s study which observed that only one-quarter of participants had a fair knowledge of obstetric complications because few were employed and had higher education. [ 31 ] In another contradicting observation documented by a study of Slankamenac et al ., patients had similar perceptions to those of physicians and nurses in terms of the severity ranking of postoperative complications, however, one can argue that the study focused on the severity of complications rather than general complication contexts. [ 32 ] From the current study, the medical complication example expressed in item 15 obtained the lowest rate of correct answers.…”

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Are patients knowledgeable of medical errors and medical complications? A cross-sectional study at a tertiary hospital, Riyadh

Alanizy

Masud

Alabdulkarim

et al. 2021

Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care

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Background: Basic understanding of medical errors and medical complications is essential to ensure patient safety. Our aim in this study was to assess whether patients have sufficient knowledge of medical errors and medical complications and to identify the factors that influence their knowledge. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted with 400 patients with a scheduled appointment at King Abdulaziz Medical City from 2019 to 2020. A self-administered validated questionnaire was developed by the coinvestigators. The first section focused on demographic information, and the second contained 17 scenarios to assess the knowledge of the patients. The data were analyzed with Chi-square test and logistic regression. Results: The sample size realized as 346 (n = 346), with the majority (n = 198, 57%) female, and the mean age 39.5 ± 11 years. The mean scores for the medical errors and complications were 5.5 ± 2.10 and 4.8 ± 2.3, respectively. The participants with secondary education were less likely to have sufficient knowledge of both medical complications (OR 0.52, P = 0.016) and errors (OR 0.52, P = 0.016). In terms of age, the older participants, the 38–47 year age group, were less likely to be knowledgeable about medical complications compared to the younger age groups (OR 0.92, P = 0.046). Conclusion: The patients had a higher level of knowledge about medical errors compared to medical complications. The level of education and the employment status significantly predicted the knowledge of both medical errors and complications.

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Knowledge and Practices of Pregnant Women Regarding Danger Signs of Obstetric Complications

Cited by 19 publications

References 14 publications

Effectiveness of Health Education Program on the Level of Knowledge and Attitude of Pregnant Women Regarding Obstetric Danger Signs in Upper Egypt

Effectiveness of Health Education Program on the Level of Knowledge and Attitude of Pregnant Women Regarding Obstetric Danger Signs in Upper Egypt

Women’s Knowledge and Attitudes about Complications during Pregnancy and Childbirth in Guinea

Are patients knowledgeable of medical errors and medical complications? A cross-sectional study at a tertiary hospital, Riyadh

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