Knowledge of obstetric danger signs among antenatal clinic attendees in South–South Nigeria

Okoror, Collins Ejakhianghe Maximilian; Omuemu, VO

doi:10.1080/07399332.2021.1941025

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“…The overall knowledge score of the pregnant women about danger signs of pregnancy was 74.4% (CI 69.4%−79%). This finding is higher as compared with studies in Kinondoni municipality, Tanzania 31% 9 and in South Nigeria (24.9%), 13 Mechekel (55.1%), 14 Debre Birhan, Ethiopia (38.6%), 11 and Northern Ethiopia (37.5%). 12 The main reason of inconsistency might be the difference in the level of awareness and access the service among study participants.…”

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Knowledge of pregnancy danger signs and its associated factors among pregnant women in Debre Tabor Town Health Facilities, South Gondar Administrative Zone, North West Ethiopia, 2019: Cross-sectional study

Necho

Goshu

2022

SAGE Open Medicine

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Background: Pregnancy complications are one of the most common health problems and causes of death among women in developing countries. Knowledge of obstetric danger signs during pregnancy, labor, and postnatal period is an essential first step for the appropriate and timely referral. Objective: To assess knowledge of pregnancy danger signs and its associated factors among pregnant women at Debre Tabor Town Health Facilities, South Gondar Zone, Northwest Ethiopia, 2019. Methods and Materials: Facility-based cross-sectional study conducted from 30 December 2018 to 30 January 2019 among 340 pregnant women. Simple random sampling was used to select study subjects. Data entered to Epidata 4.2 and exported Statistical package for social science version 26 for analysis. Binary logistic regression analysis was performed to determine predictors of knowledge of pregnancy danger signs among pregnant women. Finally, a p-value less than 0.05 was used to identify the significant variables. Result: Overall women’s knowledge score on pregnancy danger signs was 74.4%. This finding is not satisfactory and affects pregnancy outcomes. Age, religion, women’s educational status, family size, educational status, and antenatal care follow-up were identified as predictors of knowledge of pregnancy danger signs. Conclusion: Overall knowledge scores of pregnancy danger signs among women were satisfactory compared with different researches in Ethiopia and different countries. Age, mother’s occupation, and antenatal care visit were significant factors of knowledge of pregnancy danger signs among study participants.

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Knowledge of pregnancy danger signs and its associated factors among pregnant women in Debre Tabor Town Health Facilities, South Gondar Administrative Zone, North West Ethiopia, 2019: Cross-sectional study

Necho

Goshu

2022

SAGE Open Medicine

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“…It was also higher than studies conducted in Tanzania (25.2%) 44 , Nigeria (24.9%) 45 , Egypt (26%) 28 , and India (29.3%) 36 . This difference might be due to the sociodemographic and cultural differences of the study participants.…”

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Knowledge of danger signs of pregnancy and health-seeking action among pregnant women: a health facility-based cross-sectional study

Gesese

Mersha

Balcha

2023

Annals of Medicine &Amp; Surgery

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Background: In many developing countries maternal morbidity and mortality are challenging issues. Increasing the knowledge of women about the danger signs of pregnancy is the first essential step to reduce the adverse outcomes of pregnancy and delay in deciding to seek obstetric care, which in turn improves early detection of obstetric complications. This study aimed to assess knowledge of danger signs of pregnancy and health-seeking action among pregnant women. Methods: A health facility-based cross-sectional study was conducted in public health facilities from 1 March 2017 to 30 April 2017 on 414 pregnant mothers. The data were collected by systematic random sampling technique, entered into a computer using Epi data 3.5, and analyzed using Statistical Package of Social Sciences version 20.0. Bivariate and multivariable logistic regression analyses were done to estimate the crude and adjusted odds ratio with a confidence interval of 95% and a P value of less than 0.05 considered statistically significant. Results: This study identified that 57.2% of pregnant women had good knowledge of the danger signs of pregnancy. Pregnant women who are found in the age group of 25–29 [adjusted odds ratio (AOR)=3.35, 95% CI=1.13–9.96], and ≥30 years (AOR=8.11, 95% CI=2.23–29.45), mothers who live in urban area (AOR=5.26, 95% CI=1.96–14.15), primary education (AOR=4.85, 95% CI=2.07–11.41), secondary and above educational level (AOR=6.90, 95% CI=3.28–14.49), employed mother (AOR=5.18, 95% CI=1.65–16.27), being multigravida (AOR=7.24, 95% CI=3.86–13.58), knows that danger signs of pregnancy may cause severe complications (AOR=9.94, 95% CI=5.23–18.93), knew what to do if they faced danger signs of pregnancy (AOR=3.37, 95% CI=1.14–9.93), knew when did they go to a health facility if they faced danger signs of pregnancy (AOR=3.97, 95% CI=1.67–9.47) and faced at least one danger signs of pregnancy in current pregnancy (AOR = 5.40, 95% CI=1.46–19.99) were significantly associated with knowledge of danger signs of pregnancy. The proportion of mothers who experienced danger signs of pregnancy was 27 (6.5%) and among them, 21 (77.8%) had an appropriate health-seeking action, which is visiting a health facility. Conclusion: In this study area, the knowledge of pregnant women about the danger signs of pregnancy was low, while the practice of the mothers in response to danger signs of pregnancy was encouraging. Therefore, it is needed to the empowerment of women by increasing access to get an education, especially for rural women.

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Assessing awareness of danger signs of pregnancy and its associated factors among pregnant women in Libya: A cross-sectional study

Elhage,

Mohamed,

El Bizri

et al. 2024

Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare

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Knowledge of obstetric danger signs among antenatal clinic attendees in South–South Nigeria

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References 22 publications

Knowledge of pregnancy danger signs and its associated factors among pregnant women in Debre Tabor Town Health Facilities, South Gondar Administrative Zone, North West Ethiopia, 2019: Cross-sectional study

Knowledge of pregnancy danger signs and its associated factors among pregnant women in Debre Tabor Town Health Facilities, South Gondar Administrative Zone, North West Ethiopia, 2019: Cross-sectional study

Knowledge of danger signs of pregnancy and health-seeking action among pregnant women: a health facility-based cross-sectional study

Assessing awareness of danger signs of pregnancy and its associated factors among pregnant women in Libya: A cross-sectional study

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