Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan.
Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2012 Jul;118(1):11-4. doi: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2012.01.020. Epub 2012 Apr 12.
To assess the level and determinants of awareness of the danger signs and symptoms of pregnancy complication among pregnant Jordanian women aged 15 years and older.
A descriptive cross-sectional study of 350 women attending prenatal care services was performed. Interviews were conducted at 4 public-health centers in Zarqa, Jordan, using a structured questionnaire. Awareness was defined as "knowing at least 4 danger signs and symptoms".
Overall, 84.8% of the women interviewed were not aware of danger signs and symptoms of pregnancy complication. Sociodemographic factors-including duration of education and current employment; husband's duration of education; family size; and whether women were given information about danger signs and symptoms-were associated with awareness in a binary analysis. Multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed that education level of study participants, their husbands' education level, and receiving information about danger signs and symptoms were all associated with awareness (P=0.02 for all associations).
Awareness of danger signs and symptoms of pregnancy complication among women in Jordan is low. A need exists to provide prenatal care that includes sufficient information about pregnancy-related danger signs and symptoms to meet the need for safe motherhood, as pointed out by the Millennium Development Goals.
评估 15 岁及以上约旦孕妇对妊娠并发症危险征象和症状的知晓水平及其决定因素。
对在约旦扎尔卡的 4 家公共卫生中心接受产前保健服务的 350 名妇女进行了描述性横断面研究。采用结构化问卷进行访谈。知晓被定义为“至少知晓 4 种妊娠并发症危险征象和症状”。
总体而言，接受访谈的妇女中，有 84.8%不知道妊娠并发症的危险征象和症状。社会人口学因素（包括教育年限和当前就业状况；丈夫的教育年限；家庭规模；以及妇女是否获得有关危险征象和症状的信息）与二元分析中的知晓情况相关。多变量逻辑回归分析显示，研究对象的教育水平、其丈夫的教育水平以及获得有关危险征象和症状的信息均与知晓情况相关（所有关联的 P 值均<0.02）。
约旦妇女对妊娠并发症危险征象和症状的知晓率较低。需要提供产前保健服务，包括有关妊娠相关危险征象和症状的充分信息，以满足安全孕产的需求，这是千年发展目标所指出的。
