Haleema Mubeena, Raghuveer Pracheth, Kiran R, Mohammed Ibrahim M, Mohammed Ibrahim Sherief A, Mohammed Mazina
Department of Community Medicine, Yenepoya Medical College, Mangalore, Karnataka, India.
J Family Med Prim Care. 2019 Apr;8(4):1422-1426. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_149_19.
Knowledge of obstetric danger signs among pregnant women is of paramount importance in improving maternal, and fetal health outcomes. This study aims to determine the knowledge of danger signs among pregnant women seeking antenatal care in a teaching hospital.
A cross-sectional study was carried out for two months among pregnant women who visited the antenatal clinic of a teaching hospital. A pre-tested and pre-designed proforma was used. Mean knowledge scores were computed and knowledge was classified into adequate and inadequate.
A total of 170 pregnant women fulfilling the inclusion criteria were included. Mean age of the study participants was found to be 26.40 ± 4.14 years. Nearly 67.10% were aware of bleeding per vagina being a danger sign, 50.0% stated excessive vomiting as a danger sign, 23.50% knew that blurring of vision was a danger, while a mere 20.0% reported that convulsions were a danger sign. Overall, adequate knowledge (total knowledge score of 5 and above) was observed in 54.70% of the participants.
Majority of the study participants had adequate knowledge of danger signs in pregnancy. However, when knowledge about specific individual danger signs were further assessed, a high proportion had very poor knowledge. The mean knowledge scores were found to be low.
孕妇了解产科危险信号对于改善孕产妇及胎儿健康结局至关重要。本研究旨在确定在一家教学医院寻求产前护理的孕妇对危险信号的了解情况。
在一家教学医院的产前门诊对孕妇进行了为期两个月的横断面研究。使用了经过预测试和预先设计的表格。计算平均知识得分，并将知识分为充分和不充分两类。
共有170名符合纳入标准的孕妇被纳入研究。研究参与者的平均年龄为26.40±4.14岁。近67.10%的人知道阴道出血是危险信号，50.0%的人指出过度呕吐是危险信号，23.50%的人知道视力模糊是危险信号，而只有20.0%的人报告抽搐是危险信号。总体而言，54.70%的参与者具有充分的知识（总知识得分5分及以上）。
大多数研究参与者对孕期危险信号有充分的了解。然而，当进一步评估关于特定个体危险信号的知识时，很大一部分人的知识非常匮乏。发现平均知识得分较低。
