Nisar Nighat, Amjad Raheela
Department of Community Medicine, Dow Medical University, Karachi.
J Ayub Med Coll Abbottabad. 2007 Oct-Dec;19(4):11-3.
To assess the pattern of antenatal care provided to the pregnant women and to determine their level of satisfaction for provision of services.
This cross-sectional study was conducted at a public sector hospital of Hyderabad Sindh, the data was collected in the month of October 2004. The data was collected by using a pre-tested semi-structured Questionnaire, during the month of October 2004. A total of 161 women consecutively attending antenatal care clinic were included in the study. The variables included were socio-demographic like age, education, occupation and income, maternal and child health variables and level of satisfaction about antenatal care provided. The data was analyzed by using statistical package SPSS version 11.
The mean age of women was 29.08 +/- 3.95 years, majority were housewife, 43.5% women were illiterate, 47.2% had primary education and 9.3% had secondary level of education. About 66% were from low-income group, i.e., earning less than 3000 rupees. About 71% were multi gravida, 67% had live births and 32% had history of abortions. Four had history of Intra uterine deaths. Only 22.4% reported that they use contraceptive for spacing. About 50% of the women were dissatisfied with the services available. The reasons identified for dissatisfaction were long waiting time, inadequate medicine supply and incomplete tetanus vaccination were also reported.
This study concluded that antenatal care provided needs improvement and require attention to improve the quality of services provided.
评估为孕妇提供的产前护理模式，并确定她们对服务提供的满意度。
这项横断面研究在信德省海得拉巴德的一家公立医院进行，数据于2004年10月收集。2004年10月期间，使用预先测试的半结构化问卷收集数据。共有161名连续到产前护理诊所就诊的妇女被纳入研究。纳入的变量包括社会人口统计学变量，如年龄、教育程度、职业和收入、母婴健康变量以及对所提供产前护理的满意度。使用统计软件包SPSS 11版对数据进行分析。
妇女的平均年龄为29.08±3.95岁，大多数是家庭主妇，43.5%的妇女文盲，47.2%接受过小学教育，9.3%接受过中学教育。约66%来自低收入群体，即收入低于3000卢比。约71%为经产妇，67%有活产，32%有流产史。4人有死产史。只有22.4%报告使用避孕措施来间隔生育。约50%的妇女对现有服务不满意。确定的不满意原因包括等待时间长、药品供应不足，也有报告称破伤风疫苗接种不完整。
本研究得出结论，所提供的产前护理需要改进，需要关注以提高所提供服务的质量。
