Knowledge of pregnant women on danger signs related to pregnancy and child birth
1 Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital, Bogura, Bangladesh.
2 M. Abdur Rahim Medical College Hospital, Dinajpur, Bangladesh.
3 Upazilla Health Complex, Chilmari, Kurigram, Bangladesh.
4 Upazilla Health Complex, Bagha, Rajshahi, Bangladesh.
5 Department of Population Dynamics, NIPSOM, Mohakhali, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Research Article
International Journal of Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences Archive, 2021, 01(02), 116-122.
Article DOI: 10.30574/ijbpsa.2021.1.2.0033
Publication history:
Received on 16 March 2021; revised on 18 April 2021; accepted on 20 April 2021
Abstract:
Adequate knowledge regarding danger signs during pregnancy, child birth and postpartum period plays a vital role in safeguarding mothers as well as child health. This cross sectional study was conducted by purposively selected 262 pregnant women in two hospitals in Bogura district from 1st January to 31st December, 2018 with the aim to assess the knowledge of pregnant women on danger signs related to pregnancy and child birth. Data were collected with a semi-structured questionnaire through face-to-face interview. The mean age of the respondent’s was SD = 23.37 ± 4.47 years. Most of the respondents 61.4%, (n=161) knew about danger signs during pregnancy from health workers and 65.6 % (n=172) had poor knowledge regarding danger signs during pregnancy whereas 34.4% (n=90) respondents had good knowledge. Most of the respondents 61.5%, (n=161) understood danger signs during child birth and 68.7 % (n=180) had poor knowledge regarding danger signs during child birth. Among the respondents 40.5% (n=106) understood dang.er signs after child birth and only 12.2% (n=32) respondents had good knowledge regarding danger signs after child birth. Significant association was found between age of the respondents and level of knowledge regarding danger signs during pregnancy (p=0.0001). Health education on danger signs related to pregnancy and child birth should be imparted to all pregnant women to increase their knowledge regarding this issue.
Keywords:
Knowledge of women about obstetric danger signs; Knowledgeable on key danger signs of pregnancy; Knowledgeable on key danger signs of labor/childbirth; Knowledgeable on key danger signs of post-partum; Health seeking action.
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