Ahmed Hina, Manzoor Iram
Dr. Hina Ahmed, MBBS, PGD Nutrition, M-Phil Community Medicine, MHPE Scholar Assistant Professor, Department of Community Health Sciences, FMH College of Medicine & Dentistry, Lahore, Pakistan.
Prof. Dr. Iram Manzoor, FCPS. Community Medicine MCPS Medical Education, Akther Saeed Medical and Dental College, Lahore, Pakistan.
Pak J Med Sci. 2019 Sep-Oct;35(5):1344-1348. doi: 10.12669/pjms.35.5.1256.
During the past few decades, females had been making conscious decision to have antenatal checkup from skilled health care provider due to improved education which had played a vital role to enhance their awareness regarding the importance of this comprehensive health service. The objective was to find out the perception of females of child bearing age about the importance of antenatal care during their last pregnancy, living in a suburban community of Kot-Lakhodare Lahore.
Females of reproductive age (15-49 years) living in Kot-Lakhodare were enrolled. Through a structured questionnaire, using convenient sampling technique, 1224 females of childbearing were interviewed through a cross sectional survey. The study was completed between January till August 2016. Question pertaining to their sociodemographic characteristics, perception about the importance of antenatal care services and comorbid conditions during the last pregnancy were asked. Data was analyzed by using SPSS version 21. The ethical approval both institutional and individual were duly taken.
Mean age was 32 ±7.8SD years with education up to primary. Three quarter of females were un- employed with monthly income less than rupees 25,000 / month. All females 869(73%) who had perception about importance of antenatal checkup during their last pregnancy had no history of anemia, hypertension, diabetes and abortion (p<0.05). These females coming for the antenatal checkup delivered uneventfully by normal vaginal route and preferred government and private hospital for delivery and were vaccinated against Tetanus Toxoid (p<0.05).
The females of child bearing age during the last pregnancy had adequate knowledge about the importance of antenatal care which played an important role in prevention of comorbid conditions like anemia, hypertension, diabetes and risk of abortion. Moreover, they had the perception of importance of institutionalized deliveries, tetanus Toxoid vaccination coverage during pregnancy.
在过去几十年中，由于教育水平提高，女性开始有意识地选择由专业医护人员进行产前检查，这对提高她们对这项全面健康服务重要性的认识起到了至关重要的作用。目的是了解居住在拉合尔科特 - 拉霍达雷郊区社区的育龄女性对其上次怀孕时产前护理重要性的看法。
纳入居住在科特 - 拉霍达雷的育龄女性（15 - 49岁）。采用方便抽样技术，通过结构化问卷对1224名育龄女性进行横断面调查。该研究于2016年1月至8月完成。询问了她们的社会人口学特征、对产前护理服务重要性的看法以及上次怀孕时的合并症情况。使用SPSS 21版软件进行数据分析。已获得机构和个人的伦理批准。
平均年龄为32±7.8标准差岁，受教育程度为小学。四分之三的女性失业，月收入低于25000卢比/月。所有869名（73%）在上次怀孕时认识到产前检查重要性的女性均无贫血、高血压、糖尿病和流产史（p<0.05）。这些前来进行产前检查的女性通过正常阴道分娩顺利，并且更倾向于在政府和私立医院分娩，同时接种了破伤风类毒素疫苗（p<0.05）。
上次怀孕的育龄女性对产前护理的重要性有足够的认识，这在预防贫血、高血压、糖尿病等合并症以及流产风险方面发挥了重要作用。此外，她们认识到了住院分娩以及孕期破伤风类毒素疫苗接种的重要性。
