10Aug 2017

KNOWLEDGE AND FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH OBSTETRIC DANGER SIGNS AMONG PREGNANT WOMEN IN AL-NAWARIAH PRIMARY HEALTH CARE CENTER, MAKKAH AL-MUKARRAMAH, 2016, (A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY).

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Background:The maternal mortality was inappropriately high, delay of seeking care was one of the key factors leading to maternal mortality, which associated with lack of knowledge about obstetric danger signs. Objectives: To assess the knowledge and associated factors with obstetric danger signs during pregnancy among pregnant women attending Al-Nawariah Primary Health Care Center, Makkah Al-Mukarramah, Saudi Arabia, 2016. Methods: This study was a cross-sectional including 137 participants, a validated self-constricted questionnaire was distributed among all pregnant women attending Antenatal Clinic in Al-Nawariah Primary Health Care Center during one month period. Results: Concerning the level of knowledge about obstetric danger signs, 41(30%) of participants had poor knowledge, 67(49%) had a moderate knowledge and 29(21%) had good knowledge. The main obstetric danger sign was vaginal bleeding 128(93%). Those who were older, those who were more educated, those who were employees and those with high monthly income had significantly higher scores than others (p=0.010, p<0.001, p=0.018, p<0.001) respectively. Those who had a higher number of pregnancies and children and those who delivered in private hospital or clinic had significantly higher scores than others (p<0.001, p=0.004, p<0.007) respectively. Women who received health education had significantly higher scores (p<0.001), and the main source of information about obstetric danger signs was the books and journals 5(38.5%). Conclusions and Recommendation: The level of knowledge about obstetric danger signs was suboptimal. Not all pregnant women attending Primary Health Care Center received health education. More educational program about obstetric danger signs needs to be implemented to increase knowledge.

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[Doaa Adil Kheamy and Salwa Mahmoud Bardisi. (2017); KNOWLEDGE AND FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH OBSTETRIC DANGER SIGNS AMONG PREGNANT WOMEN IN AL-NAWARIAH PRIMARY HEALTH CARE CENTER, MAKKAH AL-MUKARRAMAH, 2016, (A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY). Int. J. of Adv. Res. 5 (Aug). 381-393] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com

Doaa Adil Kheamy
MBBS, Family and Community Medicine residents

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/5072      
DOI URL: https://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/5072

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